Cooperative Conservation Amreica
A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Nanticoke Watershed Initiative
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:
The Conservation Fund developed a vision for protecting and interpreting the natural, cultural and recreational resources of the Nanticoke Watershed.
Website:
www.conservationfund.org
Contact:
Keith O'Connor
Associate
The Conservation Fund
703-525-6300
koconnor@drhorne.com
Project Name:
Lewiston Initiates Community Investment with Bates Mill Redevelopment
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:
The City of Lewiston, Maine cleaned up and redeveloped a former textile mill using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields funding. Existing structures were conserved.
Contact:
Tony Raia
Program Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
202-566-2758
Raia.Anthony@epamail.epa.gov
Project Name:
Bog Turtle Recovery, Back from the Brink Program
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
Bog turtle recovery project establishes a new model for targeted recovery of certain types of species through multi-party cooperation on private lands.
Website:
www.environmentaldefense.org
Contact:
Michael Bean
Sr. Attorney, Ecosystems Program
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org
Project Name:
Tucquan Glen Nature Preserve
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:
The Conservancy, landowners, donors, foundations and government agencies permanently protected this 500 acre rhododendron-canopied ravine, for wildlife and people, over 2 decades.
Website:
www.lancasterconservancy.org
Contact:
Jennifer Johnson
Director, Marketing Communications
The Lancaster County Conservancy
717.392.7891
jjohnson@lancasterconservancy.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Atlantic Station Redevelopment
Location:
Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:
Innovative Smart Growth practices alleviate air pollution and foster development that combats sprawl and supports economic development.
Website:
www.atlanticstation.com/concept_greenstar.php
Contact:
Brian Leary
Vice President, Design & Development
Atlantic Station, LLC
404-876-2616
bleary@atlanticstation.com
Project Name:
Alabama Cave Shrimp
Location:
Southeastern: Alabama
Summary:
A diverse array of stakeholders rallies to protect a cave-dwelling endangered species smaller than a U.S. penny.
Contact:
Daniel J. Dunn
Cultural and Natural Resources Branch Chief
Environmental Management Division, Redstone Arsenal. U.S. Army
256-876-4572
danny.dunn@redstone.army
Project Name:
Puerto Rican Crested Toad Recovery Project
Location:
Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Summary:
Partnership focuses on protection of current Puerto Rican crested toad populations against the ever-growing threat of habitat destruction.
Contact:
Silmarie Padrón
Partners for Wildlife Coordinator, Puerto Rican Crested Toad Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297 ext. 241
silmarie_pardon@fws.gov
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Stewardship Network
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
By creating grassroots conservation communities, the Network increases capacity to care for natural lands and waters so that the sum of natural areas protection is greater than its parts.
Website:
www.stewardshipnetwork.org
Contact:
Lisa Brush
Executive Director
The Stewardship Network
734/996-3190
lbrush@umich.edu
Project Name:
Ohio CELP
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:
The Trust for Public Land is working on two projects along the lakefront of Lake Erie in Ohio: East Sandusky Bay and Mentor Marsh.
Contact:
Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org
Project Name:
Healthy Grown Potato Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:
The partnership promotes IPM, plans to protect habitat and species on private lands, improvements to soil, water and air quality, using regional goals, and markets these efforts through an eco-label.
Website:
www.wisconsinpotatoes.com/fresh_healthy.htm
Contact:
Frank Casey, Ph.D.
Director, Conservation Economics Program
Defenders of Wildlife
202-682-9400
fcasey@defenders.org
Project Name:
Center for First Americans Forest Lands
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:
Partnership to promote and educate on sustainable forestry, particularly best practices for underserved private forest owners and tribal forest communities.
Contact:
Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts
Dean of External Relations
College of Menominee Nation
715-799-5600 x3044
hyoungbear@menominee.edu
Project Name:
Little River Drainage Fish Passage Restoration Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas, South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:
Timber companies and the OK Dept. of Wildlife Conservation are currently working on fish passage for the threatened leopard darter and the Ouachita shiner (species of concern).
Contact:
Brent Bristow
Oklahoma Fishery Resources Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
580-384-5710
Brent_Bristow@fws.gov
Project Name:
St. Mary's River Bird Migration Corridor Project
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
Little Traverse Conservancy received a $1 million grant from the North American Wetland Conservation Act program to protect 1,418 acres and 4 shore miles in the St. Mary's River/Lake Huron watershed.
Website:
www.landtrust.org
Contact:
Anne Fleming
Communications
Little Traverse Conservancy
231-347-0991
afleming@racc2000.com
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Chipeta Dam Removal Project
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
Goal- remove a dangerous, migration-inhibiting diversion structure from the North Fork, restore the river corridor to a properly functioning ecosystem, and increase native and sport fish population.
Website:
www.nfria.paonia.com/chipeta.htm
Contact:
Teresa Steely
Executive Director
North Fork River Improvement Association
(970) 527-4614
nfria@tds.net
Project Name:
Southwest Strategy
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona, New Mexico
Summary:
Partners work in collaboration with each other and the public to restore and maintain the cultural, economic and environmental quality of life in the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
Website:
www.swstrategy.org
Contact:
Beth Oms
Executive Director
Southwest Strategy
505-248-6914
elizabeth_oms@fws.gov
Far West
Project Name:
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The SFBJV is a Bay Area partnership working to protect restore, increase and enhance the wetlands and watersheds of the San Francisco Bay Estuary.
Website:
www.sfbayjv.org
Contact:
Beth Huning
Coordinator
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
415-883-3854
bhuning@sfbayjv.org
Project Name:
Brake Pad Partnership
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Working together, the Partners are developing the science needed to understand the potential role of automobile brake pads in surface water quality and develop responses as needed.
Website:
www.suscon.org/brakepad/index.asp
Contact:
Connie Liao
Project Manager
Sustainable Conservation
415-977-0380 x336
cliao@suscon.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
National
Project Name:
National Park Trust
Location:
National
Summary:
The National Park Trust is the only land conservancy uniquely dedicated to preserving America’s national system of parks, wildlife refuges, and historic monuments.
Website:
www.parktrust.org/
Contact:
Paul C. Pritchard
President
National Park Trust
301-279-7275x11
paul@parktrust.org
Project Name:
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (Society)
Location:
National
Summary:
The Society exists for the protection, conservation and enhancement of Native American fish & wildlife resources.
Website:
www.nafws.org/
Contact:
Ira New Breast
Executive Director
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
303-466-1725
iranb@nafws.org

 

 

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