A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Protecting New Jersey's Sourland Region
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: D&R Greenway Land Trust and multiple partners have protected over 3,500 acres of habitat and natural resources in central New Jersey’s Sourlands region – with more preservation projects to come.
Website:: www.drgreenway.org
Contact:: Linda J. Mead
Executive Director
D&R Greenway Land Trust
609-924-4646
lmead@drgreenway.org

Project Name:: Creating a Natural Resource Plan for Philipstown NY
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The natural resource protection plan will include an inventory of existing natural resources in Philipstown, identify protection goals and present implementation strategies to achieve those goals.
Website:: www.hhlt.org
Contact:: Andrew Chmar
Executive Director
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
(845) 424-3358
andrew.chmar@hhlt.org

Project Name:: Saratoga Apple Orchard
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: This project preserves some of the best agricultural soils in NY, saves spectacular landscapes and views, and preserves a beautiful entryway to the historic villages of Schuylerville and Victory.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Great Plains Geographic Information Systems Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Summary:: Project facilitates collaboration, communication and reduces redundancy in GIS data development for bird habitat assessment and conservation.
Contact:: Karin Callahan
GIS Team Leader
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
(308) 382-6468 ex 38
karin.callahan@pljv.org

Project Name:: Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Established in 1999, this Partnership protects river birds, prevents or resolves bird-industry conflicts, and educates and involves local communities.
Website:: www.ternandplover.unl.edu
Contact:: Renae Held
Program Coordinator
Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
402-472-8878
rheld3@unl.edu

Project Name:: Flathead Common Ground
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: FCG was formed with the intent to improve wildlife habitat and forest conditions and to simultaneously utilize economically viable timber sales as a tool to help to achieve these objectives.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:: Gary Dahlgren

Flathead National Forest
(406) 758-5269
gdahlgren@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Green Topeka Sustainable Development
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Designed and implemented stormwater management systems that utilize vegetation to treat the volume of runoff, and to improve its quality.
Contact:: Greg Ruark
Program Manager
USDA National Agroforestry Center
256-372-4540
gruark@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:: Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Platte River Ecosystem Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, Wyoming, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The partnership seeks a river recovery program that addresses both habitat conservation and regional water development needs and utilizes imagery and geospatial information.
Website:: mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/platte/
Contact:: Randy Parker
Hydrologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-4882
rsparker@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: The plan would make significant progress towards achieving and sustaining a coastal ecosystem that can support and protect the environment, economy and culture of southern Louisiana and the Nation.
Website:: www.lca.gov
Contact:: Julie T. Morgan
Outreach Program Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, CEMVN-PPPMD, Coastal Restoration Branch
(504) 862-2587
julie.t.morgan@mvn02.usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Houston Toad Recovery
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Recovery of the Houston toad by providing safe harbor assurances and incentives to private landowners for their participation in habitat restoration and enhancement.
Contact:: David Wolfe
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
512-691-3415
dwolfe@ed.org

Project Name:: Rich County Wildlife Habitat Conservation
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: The partnership will improve 24,000 acres of shrubsteppe habitat and collect pre- and post-treatment response data for vegetation and wildlife.
Contact:: John Fairchild
Habitat Conservation Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
801-538-4766
johnfairchild@utah.gov

Project Name:: Mancos Shale Terrains & Gunnison Gorge Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The project examines geologic sources of elevated salinity and selenium that negatively impact water quality for community water supplies and agriculture.
Website:: minerals.cr.usgs.gov/projects/mancos_shale/task1.html
Contact:: Richard Grauch
Research Geologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-236-5551
rgrauch@usgs.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Project Green
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: A grass roots group of neighbors living along Pittman Wash in Henderson Nevada decided to rid their community of weeds and tranpslant native trees and partnered with the Natinal Park Service.
Website:: www.cityofhenderson.com/works/php/dscprojgreen.php
Contact:: Curt Chandler
Land Manager
City Of Henderson
702-267-3020
Curt.Chandler@cityofhenderson.com

Project Name:: Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Thanks to a major NAWCA grant, the Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project will help enhance and restore water quality at one of California's largest and most important natural wetlands.
Contact:: Steve Chappell
Executive Director
Suisun Resource Conservation District
707-425-9302
SRCD@Direcway.com

Project Name:: Morro Bay, Protecting Priority Habitats
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Environmentalists and trawl fishermen combined science and economics to come up with no-trawl zones that protect priority habitats, while keeping enough areas open to keep fishermen in business.
Contact:: Rod Fujita
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
(510) 658-8008
rfujita@ed.org

Project Name:: Endangered, native Colorado River fish conservation, restoration and recovery
Location:: Far West: California, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, Utah
Summary:: Restoration success from the active management of declining populations of Colorado River fish through innovative approaches to raising native fish to larger size away from predators.
Contact:: Gordon Mueller
Research Fishery Biologist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-445-2218
gordon_a_mueller@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Lower Truckee River Restoration
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: This projects goals include enhanced wildlife habitat, improved water quality, increased recreational opportunities and open-space protection.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/nevada/preserves/art11312.html
Contact:: Michael Cameron
Truckee River Project Director
The Nature Conservancy of Nevada
(775) 322-4990, Ext. 13
mcameron@tnc.org

Project Name:: Protecting the San Mateo Watershed
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy is a 1171-acre wildlife reserve providing education and stewardship with the purpose of creating awareness of the rich diversity of the San Mateo Watershed.
Website:: www.theconservancy.org
Contact:: Laura Cohen
Executive Director
The Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy
949-489-9778
rmvlc@sbcglobal.net

National

Project Name:: America’s Private Lands Conservation Partnership
Location:: National
Summary:: Conservation Districts carry out natural resource management programs at the local level and work with more than 2.5 million cooperating landowners on nearly 98 percent of U.S. private lands.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org
Contact:: Christa Jones
Regional Representative
National Association of Conservation Districts

christa-jones@nacdnet.org

Current Conservation Programs