A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: USDA, NRCS Partners with U.S. Army in New Jersey
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: Fort Dix and USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service have partnered for eight years to protect water quality at an active military training base.
Contact:: David Smart
State Resource Conservationist
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
732-537-6051
david.smart@nj.usda.gov

Project Name:: Washington's Crossing
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Near the very banks where George Washington launched his nation-defining attack, an 80,000-square-foot shopping plaza was planned.
Website:: conserveland.org/stories/washc1
Contact:: Dennis Collins
Senior Advisor
Wildlands Conservancy
610-965-4397 x19
dcollins@wildlandspa.org

Project Name:: Skaneateles Lake
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The City of Syracuse established the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program (SLWAP) in 1994, as an alternative to a costly filtration system required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Contact:: Kristen Pelhan Skopeck
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(315) 477-6524
kristen.skopeck@ny.usda.gov

Project Name:: Black River Greenway
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: Partnership of NJDEP Green Acres, Morris County, 2 private landowners and 2 non-profit organizations, & local municipality preserving 207 acres toward the completion of a regional river corridor.
Contact:: David Peifer
Executive Director
Upper Raritan Watershed Assoc.
908-234-1852
dave@urwa.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Private, county, state, and federal entities implement the Joliet Arsenal Citizens Planning Commission’s balanced redevelopment plan for the closed 23,000-acre arsenal.
Website:: aec.army.mil/usaec/cleanup/aic-il-02.html
Contact:: Jerry Heinrich

Sierra Club
815-476-6171
heinrich79@cs.com

Project Name:: Glacial Ridge Project, Partnership in Preservation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: Glacial Ridge Project, the country’s largest grassland and wetland reconstruction effort, is returning Minnesota’s prairie to its pre-settlement condition.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/minnesota/preserves/art6943.html
Contact:: Ron Nargang
State Director
The Nature Conservancy
612-331-0774
rnargang@tnc.org

Project Name:: Chouteau Island Implementation
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: The Chouteau Island Implementation effort will convert a 5,500 acre island-complex, outside of St. Louis, Mo., into a passive recreational complex with extensive floodplain habitat restoration.
Website:: www.swircd.org/
Contact:: Dave Eustis
Chouteau Island Project Manager
Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc.
618-566-4451
dave.eustis@rcdnet.net

Project Name:: Indiana Master Naturalist Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: Brings together specialists with adult learners to foster an understanding of Indiana's natural resources and promote volunteer service and conservation in local communities.
Website:: www.indianamasternaturalist.org/
Contact:: Todd Hutson
Purdue Extension Educator, Chair State IMN Advisory Committee

(765) 492-3394
hutsont@purdue.edu

Project Name:: Fleshman Creek
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: In partnership with the City of Livingston and Trout Unlimited, NPS helped to design and plan a stream restoration project to provide trout spawning and rearing habitat.
Website:: www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/news&events/ne_stories/conssucc/Trout_Habitat_Improved.html
Contact:: Gary Weiner
RTCA Montana field office
National Park Service
(406) 587-1667
gary_weiner@nps.gov

Project Name:: Safeguarding Natural and Cultural Heritage in National Parks
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Innovative and specialized mobile strike teams work with private and public partners throughout the country to manage harmful invasive plants on park lands.
Website:: www.nature.nps.gov/biology/invasivespecies
Contact:: Linda R. Drees
Branch Chief
National Park Service
970.225.3595
Linda_Drees@nps.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Mountain Plover Conservation Efforts in Colorado
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: Several organizations partnered together to conduct research on over 300,000 acres of farm land in Colorado. Due to cooperative efforts, the plover was not listed as an Endangered Species.
Contact:: Jared Koch
Director of National Affairs
Colorado Farm Bureau
303-749-7500
jkoch@colofb.com

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:: lca.gov/
Contact:: James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Black Bear Conservation Committee
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: The BBCC is a broad-based coalition of diverse interests whose mission is to promote the restoration of the Louisiana black bear through education, research, and habitat management.
Website:: bbcc.org/
Contact:: Paul Davidson
Executive Director
Black Bear Conservation Committee
225-763-5425
PLDavidson@aol.com

Project Name:: Brazoria Elementary School
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Acquired school and grounds to develop a community center and library complex to educate the public on county history and on the need to conserve key areas and habitat.
Contact:: Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc
(979)285-2173
dhschwebel@dow.com

Project Name:: Public Lands Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The partnership seeks to influence the management of Western Colorado's public lands in ways that enhance and help maintain diverse, healthy and viable economies, environments, and communities.
Website:: www.upproject.org/UPP/PLP.html
Contact:: Mary Chapman
Coordinator
Public Lands Partnership
(970) 874-8806
plp@montrose.net

Project Name:: Restoration of the San Jacinto State Battlefield
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: The Texas Coastal Wetlands Corporate Partnership seeks to restore the coastal prairie, coastal forest, and the marshes of the San Jacinto State Battlefield.
Website:: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/sanjac/marshtour.phtml
Contact:: John Bowie
Project Manager
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
713-989-8345
jfbowie@duke-energy.com

Far West

Project Name:: Willamette River Water Trail
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Willamette River Water Trail is a community-driven partnership effort that illustrates what can be achieved when local communities work together towards a common goal.
Website:: www.willamettewatertrail.org/
Contact:: Mark A. Brown
Willamette River Navigator
BLM
(541) 520-3886
Mark_brown@blm.gov

Project Name:: NRCS, State, Private, Tribal Partnership
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Public-Private-NGO: to Restore Salmon Habitat in the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest
Contact:: Dr. Barry Southerland
Soil Conservationist

(509) 323-2970
barry.southerland@wa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Siuslaw Basin Partnership
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Whole-basin restoration initiative that improves the health and vitality of water resources, and includes a monitoring and evaluation component.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/siuslawbasin.html
Contact:: Brent Davies
Director of Community and Public Forestry
Ecotrust
503-467-0761
brent@ecotrust.org

National

Project Name:: National Tribal Native Plant Initiative (NTNPI)
Location:: National
Summary:: On-going collaboration to provide information and facilities to tribes for growing native plants, while acknowledging specific needs and sensitivities of individual tribes.
Contact:: Larry Payne
Director – Cooperative Forestry
USDA Forest Service
202-205-1602
lpayne@fs.fed.us

Current Conservation Programs