A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Delaware Bay Oyster Restoration Project, Delaware & New Jersey
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey, Delaware
Summary:: Planting of 110,000 bushels of shell that provide suitable substrate for development of juvenile oysters, resulting in both environmental & economic benefits to the Delaware Bay on a regional level.
Contact:: Amanda Muscavage
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
215.656.6576
amanda.j.muscavage@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Public & private partners at all levels collaborating to protect, interpret & promote the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, a congressionally-designated National Heritage Area
Website:: www.ShenandoahAtWar.org
Contact:: Howard Kittell
Executive Director
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
540-740-4545
hkittell@svbf.net

Project Name:: Darby Farm - Alburg
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:: After earning a PhD in agronomy, Heather Darby returned to the family farm and is transforming the farm through sustainable management practices. It is a diversified agricultural operation.
Website:: www.vlt.org
Contact:: Jon Ramsay
Stewardship Agricultural Manager
Vermont Land Trust
802-434-3079
jramsay@vlt.org

Project Name:: Lake George Land Conservancy Watershed Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The partnership created an 1850-acre preserve to protect a major Lake George tributary and the Town of Bolton's drinking water source.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/lakegeorge/
Contact:: Lynn L. Schumann
Executive Director
Lake George Land Conservancy
518-644-9673
lschumann@tnc.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Agency on Bay Management
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: The Agency on Bay Management (ABM) is a 20-year collaboration of resource stakeholders focused on the wise management of Tampa Bay.
Website:: www.tbrpc.org/abm/default.htm
Contact:: Suzanne Cooper
Principal Planner
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
727-570-5151 x 32
suzanne@tbrpc.org

Project Name:: Hacienda Pellejas Endangered Species Habitat Restoration Project
Location:: Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:: Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program the landowner is restoring shade coffee and riparian buffers in his ranch for the benefit of listed species and migratory birds.
Website:: www.haciendapellejas.com
Contact:: Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: In the spirit of Sigurd F. Olson, we facilitate solutions to environmental problems through education, research and citizen involvement.
Website:: www.northland.edu/soei
Contact:: Claudia Curran
Public Relations Manager
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
715-682-1678
ccurran@northland.edu

Project Name:: Tallgrass Legacy Alliance
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:: Agricultural organizations, conservation organizations and private citizens seeking balanced, community based stewardship of the Kansas Tallgrass prairies.
Website:: www.oznet.ksu.edu/tla/
Contact:: Jeff Davidson
TLA Coordinator
Kansas State University Research and Extension
620-583-7455
jdavidso@oznet.ksu.edu

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Diablo Trust
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The purpose of the Diablo Trust is to maintain Diablo Trust ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises managed in harmony with the natural environment and the broader community.
Website:: www.diablotrust.org
Contact:: Hadassah Holland
Administrative and Program Manager
Diablo Trust
(928) 523-0588
info@diablotrust.org

Project Name:: Long-term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Gardens
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Cooperative monitoring is allowing government agencies and energy companies to determine within an adaptive management framework best drilling practices consistent with coral reef health.
Contact:: Thomas Readinger

USDI Minerals Management Service
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act Program
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: This voluntary, citizen-based, cost shared program helps protect fish without impairing water withdrawals from streams for farming, ranching, hydropower and municipal purposes.
Website:: pacific.fws.gov/Fisheries/FRIMA/
Contact:: Jerry Van Meter
FWS Regional Coordinator (ID, OR, WA)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(503) 231-6217
jerry_vanmeter@fws.gov

Project Name:: Fort Hunter Liggett Grasslands Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A broad-based partnership is working to restore the grasslands and oak savannahs of Fort Hunter Liggett by controlling the invasive yellow star thistle.
Contact:: Joe DiTomaso
Professor
University of California, Davis
530-574-8715
ditomaso@vegmail.ucdavis.edu

Project Name:: Commencement Bay Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project showcases community-based restoration in Commencement Bay, a heavily urbanized, industrial area.
Website:: www.darp.noaa.gov/northwest/cbay/restore.html
Contact:: Lance Winecka
Project Manager
South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group
360-412-0808
lancew@spsseg.org

Project Name:: California Tribal Partnerships
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A unique blend of traditional Native American practices and today’s science preserves native customs and contributes to forest health.
Website:: www.r5.fs.fed.us/tribal-relations
Contact:: Sonia Tamez
Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager
USDA Forest Service
707-562-8919
stamez@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Puget Sound & Coastal WA Hatchery Reform Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A science-based reform of the world’s largest salmon hatchery system to: 1) help to conserve naturally spawning salmon and steelhead populations; and 2) support sustainable fisheries.
Website:: www.hatcheryreform.org
Contact:: Michael Kern
Project Director
Long Live the Kings
206-382-9555 x 25
mkern@lltk.org

Project Name:: Sustaining Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Recreation, Channel Islands
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A 4-year effort to build a community consensus based on science for a reserve network successfully identified recovery goals for fisheries, biodiversity, education, economics, and heritage values.
Contact:: Gary E. Davis
Visiting Chief Scientist
National Park Service
805-658-5707
gary_davis@nps.gov

National

Project Name:: Answer The Call Initiative
Location:: National
Summary:: Restore and enhance upland game bird habitat on Forest Service and BLM lands in cooperation with Quail Unlimited, NFWF and other partners.
Contact:: Roger Wells
National Habitat Coordinator
Quail Unlimited, Inc.
620-443-5834
roger@qu.org

Project Name:: Programs studying climate change, invasive species, and bald cypress swamp distribution
Location:: National
Summary:: Over 50 people volunteer to collect data in North America and Eurasia on growth and distribution of wetlands invasive species: purple loosestrife.
Website:: www.nwrc.gov/special/purplel/index.htm
Contact:: Beth A. Middleton
Research Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8618
beth_middleton@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Wildland Fire Leadership Council
Location:: National
Summary:: The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) was established in April 2002 to implement and coordinate the National Fire Plan and Federal Wildland Fire Policy inplementation.
Website:: www.fireplan.gov
Contact:: Corbin Newman
National Fire Plan Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
202-205-1332
cnewman02@fs.fed.us

Current Conservation Programs