A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Ducktrap River Tributary Restoration Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The goal of the Ducktrap River project was to protect federally-endangered Atlantic Salmon and other cold water species by stabilizing the eroding portions of the tributary channel.
Contact:: Kym Sanderson
District Office Manager
Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District
207-338-1964 x 3
kym.sanderson@me.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Public and private forest managers, with the conservation group Sand County Foundation, created the voluntary Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative to restore a healthy forest ecosystem.
Website:: www.allegheny-vacation.com/kqdc.html
Contact:: Kevin McAleese
Program Director
Sand County Foundation
608-663-4605
kmcaleese@sandcounty.net

Project Name:: Escobar's Highland Farm
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:: After years of hard work, Aquidneck Land Trust reached a monumental agreement with Louis and Jane Escobar to acquire the deed to development rights on 75 contiguous acres of the Portsmouth farm.
Website:: www.AquidneckLandTrust.org
Contact:: Edward Clement
Executive Director
Aquidneck Land Trust
401-849-2799
tclement@ailt.org

Project Name:: Next Generation National Parks: Boston Harbor Islands and Cedar Creek and Belle Grove
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: Boston Harbor Islands national park area and Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP, illustrate how parks can be successfully managed collaboratively by the federal, state, local and non-profit sectors.
Website:: www.bostonislands.com
Contact:: Bruce Jacobson
Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
National Park Service
617-223-8667
bruce_jacobson@nps.gov

Project Name:: Shenandoah Valley Regional Water Resources Policy Committee
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, West Virginia
Summary:: Minimum Instream Flow (MIF) modeling led to development of a draft "Low Flow/Drought Onset Agreement" for the multi-state Shenandoah Valley Regional Water Resources Policy Committee.
Website:: www.cnr.vt.edu/fisheries/North_Fork_Shenandoah/NFS_home.htm
Contact:: Tom Christoffel
Senior Planner
Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission
540-636-8800x209
tchrist@shentel.net

Southeastern

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:: 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:: Middle Mississippi River Wetland Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Missouri
Summary:: Since the Great Flood of 1993 American Land Conservancy has been helping restore bottomland hardwood habitat, sidechannels and wetlands from St. Louis to Cairo, IL.
Website:: www.alcnet.org
Contact:: Jennifer Frazier
Vice President
American Land Conservancy
573-866-9989
jenny@alcnet.org

Project Name:: Cheney Lake Water Quality Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas
Summary:: Farmers, the City of Wichita, and NRCS and EPA partnered to fund and implement conservation practices to clean and protect the city’s water supply at Cheney Lake.
Website:: www.cheneylakewatershed.org/
Contact:: Lisa French
Project Director, Citizens Management Committee
Cheney Lake Watershed, Inc.
620-665-0231
lisa.french@ks.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Implementation of a Scientifically Credible IPM Approach to Control Invasive Species and Restore Native Prairie
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:: This partnership used the experience and expertise of a wide variety of disciplines to treat and restore NPS lands using a scientifically credible approach.
Contact:: Chad Prosser
EPMT Liaison
National Park Service
701-623-4466
Chad_Prosser@nps.gov

Project Name:: Careless Creek Watershed
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The successful, voluntary participation of landowners and community groups represents the careful balance between irrigated agricultural production, water use and conservation.
Website:: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Section319III/mt.HTM
Contact:: Alice Wolff

Lower Musselshell Conservation District
406-323-2103 x101
alice.wolff@mt.nacdnet.net

Project Name:: Chicago Region Land Conservation Plan
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: The Land Trust Alliance has convened 10 land conservation groups in the Chicago region to help them build capacity to protect the diversity of natural resources and landscapes in the Chicago region.
Website:: www.lta.org
Contact:: Renee Kivikko
Midwest Program Director
Land Trust Alliance
269-324-1683
rkivikko@lta.org

Project Name:: Preservation of Sleepy Hollow Ravine
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: How many corporate campuses boast 780,000 sq. ft. of office space & a 75-foot deep glacier-age ravine? $800,000 in funding was raised from City of Elgin, Kane County & Grand Victoria Foundation.
Website:: www.fvlf.org/conserv.html
Contact:: Marianne Nelson
Executive Director
Fox Valley Land Foundation
847-888-1897
fvlf@sbcglobal.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Arizona OHV Inventory Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Interagency comprehensive inventory of existing OHV routes on FS, BLM, State Trust Lands in AZ.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/
Contact:: Jerry Ingersoll
OHV Program Leader
USDA Forest Service
202-205-0931
jingersoll@fs.fed.us

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:: Restoring Farmland in Nevada
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: Conservation partners are working to find ways, both vegetative and non-vegetative, to permanently protect farmland soils from wind erosion after irrigation water is removed.
Website:: www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:: Rod Dahl
Resource Conservationist
USDA NRCS
(775) 857-8500 x 146
rod.dahl@nv.usda.gov

Project Name:: Big Creek Habitat Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: A diverse group of partners provided a continuity of restored stream habitat within Big Creek that will benefit water quality, salmon, and other stream and riparian resources.
Contact:: Elaine Raper
Field Manager, Umpqua Resource Area
Bureau of Land Management
541-751-4466
elaine_raper@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Continental Divide Trail Alliance
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana, South-Central/South-West: Colorado, New Mexico
Summary:: CDTA was formed to engage a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the development of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Over 1,275 miles, 31 bridges and 46 trailheads have been completed.
Website:: www.cdtrail.org
Contact:: Bruce Ward
Executive Director
Continental Divide Trail Alliance
303-838-3760
bruce@cdtrail.org

Project Name:: Little Vulcan Mountain Bighorn Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A collaborative effort to save the Wild Bighorn sheep herd. As a result of this project, the numbers of sheep have been increasing significantly.
Contact:: Kerrin Doloughan
Range Management Specialist
BLM Spokane District
(509) 536-1253
Kerrin_Doloughan@blm.gov

Project Name:: Threemile Canyon Farms Multi-Species Candidate Conservation Agreement
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Threemile Canyon Farms set aside nearly 22,600 contiguous acres for the Washington ground squirrel, and is working with The Nature Conservancy and Portland General Electric to manage the area.
Contact:: Rich Szlemp
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
503-231-6179
Richard_Szlemp@fws.gov

Current Conservation Programs