A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Katahdin Iron Works
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The purchase of a conservation easement on a 37,000 acre property east of Moosehead Lake in Maine.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Thirteen Mile Woods
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: Conservation of 5,316 acres in northern New Hampshire acquired for working forests land conservation and public recreation.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Preservation of Escobar's Highland Farm, one of last dairy farms in Rhode Island
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Rhode Island
Summary:: ALT raised $3 million to secure a 75-acre conservation agreement to protect Escobor's farm on Aquidneck Island. Critical partners: USDA-NRCS, State of Rhode Island, & Town of Portsmouth.
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:: 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

Project Name:: NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: A nationally recognized program for its efforts to restore, enhance and protect the environment and foster responsible economic growth.
Website:: www.nceep.net
Contact:: Bill Gilmore
Director
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
917-715-1412
bill.gilmore@ncmail.net

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Dakota County Minnesota Farmland and Natural Areas Program
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: This voluntary program seeks to protect 5,000-10,000 acres of priority Dakota County farmlands and natural areas over the next 10 years.
Website:: www.co.dakota.mn.us/planning/fnap
Contact:: Al Singer
FNAP Manager
Dakota County
952-891-7001
al.singer@co.dakota.mn.us

Project Name:: Leopold Memorial Reserve
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: Coordination among private landowners stopped land fragmentation, initiated habitat monitoring, and improved management which produced significant ecological research and educational opportunities.
Website:: www.sandcounty.net/programs/leopold_memorial_reserve/
Contact:: Kevin McAleese
Program Manager
Sand County Foundation
(608) 663-4605
kmcaleese@sandcounty.net

Project Name:: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: 500-1000 person ecovillage in northeast Missouri as experimental project in social and technological strategies for sustainable living for North Americans.
Website:: www.dancingrabbit.org
Contact:: Jonah
Secretary

(660) 883-5881
secretary@dancingrabbit.org

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:: 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

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Utah Prairie Dog Recovery/Back From the Brink Program/Environmental Defense
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: This partnership's new approach has begun to show that private landowners will participate in the recovery of listed species, even controversial ones, given the right incentives.
Website:: www.environmentaldefense.org/go/conservationincentives
Contact:: Theodore P. Toombs
Ecologist
Environmental Defense
303-447-7210
ttoombs@environmentaldefense.org

Far West

Project Name:: Trumpeter Swan Restoration
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana
Summary:: A private/public captive breeding and release program for trumpeter swans in the Rockies has helped prevent their listing as endangered.
Website:: www.r6.fws.gov/redrocks/rrl3.htm
Contact:: William M. Long
President
Wyoming Wetland Society
307-730-4444
whitewing55@aol.com

Project Name:: Sonoma Baylands Wetland Demonstration Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Restoration of a 320-acre tidal salt marsh helped to pull a vital dredging project out of a quagmire of environmental issues.
Contact:: Eric Jolliffe
Ecosystem Restoration Specialist
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers
415. 503.6869
Eric.F.Jolliffe@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Willapa Bay Cooperative Restoration Effort
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Project partners are cooperatively managing forests across ownership boundaries to maintain the rich biological legacies remaining within this area of southwest Washington.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/preserves/art12965.html
Contact:: Tom Kollasch
Ellsworth Creek Forest Manager
The Nature Conservancy of Washington
(503) 325-3896
tkollasch@tnc.org

Project Name:: Seabird Protection Program
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Ulupa’u weapons range is the site for a collaborative effort to protect red-footed boobies through state-of-the-art conservation practices.
Contact:: Ms. Elizabeth Kumabe
President
Hawaii Audubon Society
808-528-1432
hiaudsoc@pixi.com

Project Name:: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Protection of humpback whales is enhanced through a State/Federal management partnership.
Contact:: Jeffrey Walters, Ph.D.
Sanctuary Co-manager
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale NMS/Department of Land & Natural Resources
808-587-0106
Jeffrey.S.Walters@hawaii.gov

Project Name:: Metropolitan Greenspaces Program
Location:: Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:: This program supports environmental education, habitat restoration and protection, environmental planning, and ecological studies throughout an urban greenspaces system.
Website:: www.fws.gov/pacific/oregonfwo/greenspaces/gs-UrbanConservation.htm
Contact:: Jim Desmond
Senior Director
Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces
(503) 797-1850
desmondj@metro.dst.or.us

Project Name:: SEAtrails
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: The Southeast Alaska Trails System (SEAtrails) links communities and outstanding recreation spots via the Alaska Ferry to promote the local economy through sustainable tourism.
Website:: www.seatrails.org/index.htm
Contact:: Lisa Holzapfel
Rivers & Trails Program Leader
National Park Service
(907) 644-3586
lisa_holzaphel@nps.gov

National

Project Name:: America’s Private Lands Conservation Partnership
Location:: National
Summary:: Conservation Districts carry out natural resource management programs at the local level and work with more than 2.5 million cooperating landowners on nearly 98 percent of U.S. private lands.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org
Contact:: Christa Jones
Regional Representative
National Association of Conservation Districts

christa-jones@nacdnet.org

Project Name:: Walk A Mile in My Boots is Implemented Nationwide
Location:: National
Summary:: Cattlemen and biologists spend several days together, experiencing first-hand each other’s day-to-day activities, with the goal of opening the lines of communication, and developing partnerships.
Website:: www.fws.gov/walkamile/
Contact:: Stacey Katseanes
Associate Director
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
202-347-0228 x114
skatseanes@beef.org

Current Conservation Programs