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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Scarborough Marsh Wetland Reserve Project
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:
The 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management area, Maine's largest and most renowned salt marsh, is being restored in a 5-phased project, eliminating restrictions of natural tidal flows.
Website:
www.scarboroughmaine.com/marsh/
Contact:
Susan Wilder
Friends of Scarborough Marsh
207-883-6050
swilder@gwi.net
Project Name:
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Conservation
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Summary:
Regional partnership works with farmers to improve agricultural practices and improve water quality within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Website:
www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/state_updates.htm
Contact:
Charles K. Chadwell
CREP Program Manager
USDA Farm Service Agency
202-720-7674
charles.chadwell@wdc.usda.gov
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:
Hudson Valley Farmland Protection Project
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
Scenic Hudson has protected more than 4,800 acres of Hudson Valley farmland through partnerships with willing farm owners and multiple governmental and private funding sources.
Website:
www.scenichudson.org/farmland/index.html
Contact:
Seth McKee
Director of Policy and Programs
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.
845-473-4440
smckee@scenichudson.org
Project Name:
Boyd's Marsh Coastal Wetlands Restoration
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:
Town Pond, once a thriving coastal pond on Narragansett Bay, is being restored from years of dredge spoils and permanently conserved by US ACE, NBEP, State of RI, and Save The Bay.
Website:
www.aquidnecklandtrust.org
Contact:
Edward S. Clement, Jr., Esq.
Executive Director
Aquidneck Land Trust
401 849 2799 x12
tclement@ailt.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Energy Grants to Agricultural Producers
Location:
Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:
A partnership was formed to assist agricultural producers in enhancing the economic viability of their poultry production facilities through improved energy efficiency.
Contact:
Leslie Threadgill
Grower Relations Coordinator
Mississippi Poultry Association
601-355-0248
lesliempa@bellsouth.net
Project Name:
Upper Coosawattee River Watershed
Location:
Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:
15 local, state, federal, and non-profit groups form the Upper Coosawattee Alliance facilitates partnerships, identifies funding, and coordinates implementation activities to improve water quality.
Contact:
Larry Vanden Bosch
Director of Community and Development Services
North Georgia Regional Development Center
706-272-2300
dceds@ngrdc.org
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Unique Partnership Impacts Wetland and Stream Health
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:
The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams implements projects to restore and protect habitat and water quality in Kansas wetlands, streams, and riparian areas.
Website:
www.kaws.org
Contact:
Tim Christian
State Coordinator
The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, Inc.
(620) 241-3636
tchristian@kaws.org
Project Name:
BP Wood River Refinery
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:
A former unusable industrial property in Illinois is revitalized through efforts of multiple partners creating a redeveloped area and wildlife sanctuary.
Website:
www.wildlifehc.org
Contact:
Vanessa Kauffman
Director of Marketing & Communications
Wildlife Habitat Council
301-588-8994
vkauffman@wildlifehc.org
Project Name:
Rice Creek & Battle Creek Watersheds
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:
A project to coordinate resources from all levels of government and non-profit organizations for the common goal of reducing point and non-point water pollution.
Website:
www.calhouncd.org/programs.html
Contact:
Alan Herceg
Assistant State Conservationist/Programs
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service—Michigan
(517) 324-5282
alan.herceg@mi.usda.gov
Project Name:
Lake Superior Land Trust Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Summary:
Many land trusts and conservation groups have leveraged resources needed to conserve natural and scenic resources in the Lake Superior watershed.
Website:
www.lta.org
Contact:
Renee Kivikko
Midwest Program Director
Land Trust Alliance
269-324-1683
rkivikko@lta.org
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Diablo Trust/Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:
With a goal to provide a model for other rural communities across Arizona, and the West, the project has produced innovative planning methods to help protect the economic value of ranchlands.
Website:
www.diablotrust.org
Contact:
Hadassah Holland Ziegler
Administrative & Program Manager
The Diablo Trust
928-523-0588
info@diablotrust.org
Project Name:
French Gulch Remediation Opportunities Group
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
FROG seeks to clean up heavy metal contamination from the Wellington-Oro Mine in and around French Gulch, and to acquire mining company property for community open space and affordable housing.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/frenchgulch.html
Contact:
Tim Gagen
Breckenridge Town Manager
(970) 453-3161
timg@townofbreckenridge.com
Project Name:
Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
Community based partnership for development of a Resource Management Plan for 73,602 acres of federal land within Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado.
Website:
www.co.blm.gov/gsra/RoanPlateauNovember2004.htm.
Contact:
Jamie Connell
Glenwood Springs Field Office Manager
Bureau of Land Management
970-947-2800
jconnell@blm.gov
Far West
Project Name:
O'ahu Conservation Partnership
Location:
Far West: Hawaii
Summary:
The O’ahu Conservation Partnership is a consortium of agencies and conservation groups seeking to protect and restore natural and open spaces.
Contact:
Mr. Joshua Stanbro
Senior Project Associate
The Trust for Public Land, Hawaii Field Office
808-524-8564
josh.stanbro@tpl.org
Project Name:
Montana Water Trust
Location:
Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
MWT develops water transfer agreements with farmers, ranchers, and other landowners that increase flows and benefit native fish in Montana’s 4,000 miles of dewatered streams.
Website:
www.montanawatertrust.org
Contact:
Brianna Randall
Development Associate
(406) 829-3736
brianna.randall@montanawatertrust.org
Project Name:
Audubon California Landowner Stewardship Program
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Audubon California works with farmers and ranchers in the Sacramento Valley to implement restoration projects in a manner compatible with existing agricultural operations.
Website:
ca.audubon.org/LSP/Willow_Slough.htm
Contact:
Vance Russell
Program Director
Audubon California
530-795-2921
vrussell@audubon.org
Project Name:
Salmon Creek Watershed Reforestation Project
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Bodega Land Trust and Forests Unlimited planted 600 redwood seedling on a BLT easement that was clearcut around 1900.
Website:
bodeganet.com/landtrust
Contact:
Sandy Sharp
Treasurer
Bodega Land Rtust
707-876-3093
landtrust@bodeganet.com
Project Name:
Upper Joseph Watershed
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
Watershed restoration is bridging boundaries between public and private lands, bringing socioeconomic benefits to the community and improving conditions for multiple endangered species.
Contact:
Diane Snyder
Executive Director
Wallowa Resources
541-426-8053
diane@wallowaresources.org
National
Project Name:
Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP)
Location:
National
Summary:
The Corporate Partnership gives businesses a structure in which to support federally-funded coastal and other aquatic restoration and protection projects.
Website:
www.coastalamerica.gov/text/cwrp.html
Contact:
Patmarie Nedelka
CWRP Coordinator/Deputy Director for Policy
Coastal America
202-401-9928
Patmarie.Nedelka@usda.gov
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