A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Living Learning Collaborative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: Education that brings out the greatness in each of us in harmony with Life on Earth
Contact:: Mary Beth Merritt
Director

(413) 528-4262 x12345
fourwindsfarmgb@aol.com

Project Name:: Potomac Watershed Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Summary:: PWP has reforested or otherwise improved approximately 20,000 acres of land, involving the efforts of thousands of volunteers, while emphasizing educational programs.
Contact:: Mark Moszak
Director
Potomac Watershed Partnership
301-608-1188 x209
moszak@potomac.org

Project Name:: Virginia's Middle Fork Holston River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Watershed plan is being successfully implemented by local partnerships to reduce fecal bacterial loadings from livestock access to streams, and failing or inadequate on-site sewage disposal systems.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org/govtaff/tmdl/CSAbingdonVA.htm
Contact:: Anthony Summitt
Project Officer
Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
276-628-8187
anthony.summitt@va.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Wind Road Farms
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Adjacent to another protected property, this project protects historic agricultural lands, and a significant portion of an extensive wetland system.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Ball Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Enlisting Private Landowners and the Army for Endangered Species
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Summary:: Safe Harbor Agreements and compatible use buffers used on and off Army bases contribute to recovery of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Wildlife Chair
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Baraboo River Cooperative Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: Partners worked together to remove four aged, unsafe, and uneconomical dams that blocked fish movement, damaged water quality, and endangered river users on the 128 mile Baraboo River mainstem.
Website:: www.sandcounty.net/programs/pioneering_solutions/strategic_approach/
Contact:: John W. Laub
Director, River/Floodplain Program
Sand County Foundation
(715) 588-3721
jwlaub@direcway.com

Project Name:: Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
Summary:: The Conservation Security Program in the St. Joseph watershed rewards agricultural landowners for superior conservation and stewardship practices.
Website:: www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cspstjoe.html
Contact:: Robin Ryan
District Administrator
Hillsdale County Conservation District
517-849-9890 x 191
robin.ryan@mi.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: The MAEP program provides education, technical assistance, and verification to help farmers voluntarily prevent agricultural pollution risks.
Website:: www.maeap.org
Contact:: Jan Wilford
MAEAP Program Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
517-241-4730
wilfordj9@michigan.gov

Project Name:: Michigan's Copper Country Cooperative Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: In 1998, NRCS contracted with the EPA to remediate about 800 acres of exposed stamp sand areas to prevent erosion into Torch Lake.
Website:: www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/trchlke.html
Contact:: Steve Davis
State Conservation Engineer
United States Department of Agriculture-NRCS
(517) 324-5232
steve.davis@mi.usda.gov

Project Name:: Dakota Prairie/McKenzie County Grazing Association Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: Ongoing partnership between the Forest Service & the Grazing Association (over 190 ranches) for stewardship of national grasslands interspersed with private ranchlands.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r1/dakotaprairie/mckenzie.htm
Contact:: Frank Guzman
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, McKenzie Ranger District
701-842-2393
fguzman@fs.fed.us

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:: Oklahoma Wildlife Alliance
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance (OWPHA) provides a trusted and open forum for private landowners to engage with resource managers and conservation programs.
Website:: www.owpha.org
Contact:: Trapper Heglin
Coordinator
Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance
(580) 735-2322
trapperheglin@pldi.net

Project Name:: Colorado River Refuge
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Pines and Prairies Land Trust worked with government and private entities to acquire 1.5 miles of Colorado River frontage near downtown Bastrop, Texas to create the first free county park in Bastrop.
Website:: pinesandprairieslandtrust.org
Contact:: Carrie F. Knox
President
Pines and Prairies Land Trust
512-308-1911
cknox@gvtc.com

Project Name:: Yampa River System Legacy Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: This voluntary, incentive-based project protects the ecological health of the Yampa River and the productive agricultural lands it supports, while also providing for recreational opportunities.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/yampa.html
Contact:: Susan Dorsey Otis
Director
Yampa Valley Land Trust
(970) 879-7240
contactus@redlodgeclearinghouse.org

Far West

Project Name:: Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program
Location:: Far West: Nevada, California, South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: This innovative project is the largest and longest-term major river system habitat restoration plan, designed to create habitat and protect listed and sensitive species.
Website:: www.usbr.gov/lc/lcrmscp
Contact:: Lorri Gray
Program Director
Bureau of Reclamation
702-293-8555
lgray@lc.usbr.gov

Project Name:: Puget Sound Shared Strategy
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Using local conservation efforts already underway, the Shared Strategy is a ground-up approach to the development of a science-based, locally supported salmon recovery plan for Puget Sound.
Website:: www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org/
Contact:: Jim Kramer
Executive Director
Puget Sound Shared Strategy
206-447-3336
JKramer@sharedsalmonstrategy.org

Project Name:: Sandy River Riparian Habitat Protection Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Our multi-partner program combined education, research and noxious weed control to raise awareness and protect critical habitats on the Sandy River.
Website:: tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
Contact:: Jonathan Soll
Willamette Basin Conservation Director
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100
jsoll@tnc.org

Project Name:: Conservation on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe recently completed a Comprehensive Resource Management Plan with the assistance from the USDA's NRCS on their 475,000 acre reservation.
Website:: www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:: Liz Warner
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
775-857-8500 x 105
liz.warner@nv.usda.gov

Project Name:: Ocean Shores Waterways
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project addresses waterways-related ecological and economic issues to ensure and promote sustainable practices in this growing coastal community.
Website:: forthcoming
Contact:: Lynn Wilson
Partnership Director
Ocean Shores Waterways
360-961-3363
lwilson@nasw.org

National

Project Name:: Help Us Stop the Spread of Aquatic Nuisance Species
Location:: National
Summary:: A cooperative effort between Federal, provincial, state, regional, and local agencies and many other stakeholders to prevent the westward spread aquatic nuisance species in North America.
Website:: 100thmeridian.org
Contact:: David Britton
Asst. Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
817 272-3714
david_britton@fws.gov

Current Conservation Programs