A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Conservation and Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Connecticut, Washington, DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
Summary:: Partnership provides financial and technical assistance to organizations and agencies at the local and regional level to support priority conservation projects such as coastal habitat restoration.
Website:: www.nfwf.org
Contact:: Tom Kelsch
Director, Eastern Region
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
202-857-0166
tom.kelsch@nfwf.org

Project Name:: Upper Valley Trails for Life
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Vermont
Summary:: With Robt. Wood Johnson Foundation funds, Upper Valley Trails Alliance & National Park Service are promoting physical activity in four towns by using trails and doctors' "prescriptions for walking."
Website:: www.uvtrails.org/albd.html
Contact:: Lelia Mellen
RTCA Vermont Field Office
National Park Service
(802) 457-3368, ext 14
lelia_mellen@nps.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Partners Help Farmers Get Funds to Address Resource Concerns
Location:: Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:: Conservation partnership assisted coffee farmers to adopt new conservation technology in the Coffee Zone, Humid Upland Watersheds in Puerto Rico.
Contact:: Miguel F. Monroig
Coffee Specialist
Cooperative Extension Service
787-834-4590
m_monroig@seam.uprm.edu

Project Name:: Suwannee River Partnership
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: The Partnership is working with producers to improve river water quality through a voluntary program of Best Management Practices (BMP) and verification.
Website:: mysuwanneeriver.com
Contact:: Jeffrey Woods
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service
352-338-9515
jeffrey.woods@fl.usda.gov

Project Name:: Lathrop Bayou Habitat Management Area
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Partners work across public and private boundaries, to provide funding, resources and expertise to manage intact long leaf forests.
Contact:: Bruce Dawson
Jackson Field Manager

601-977-5400
Bruce_Dawson@blm.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Managing Flooding in Metropolitan Milwaukee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: The Conservation Fund partnered with the Milwaukee Sewerage District is implementing flood management programs that protect wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Website:: www.conservationfund.org
Contact:: Peg Kohring
Director, Midwest Office, TCF
The Conservation Fund
(269) 426-8825
pkohring@aol.org

Project Name:: Co-Management of the National Bison Range Complex
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: Under the Annual Funding Agreement for the National Bison Range Complex, the Salish and Kotenai confederated tribes will perform services otherwise provided by FWS for fiscal years 2005 and 2006.
Website:: www.fws.gov/bisonrange/
Contact:: Clayton Matt
Natural Resources Department Head
Salish and Kootenai Tribe
406-675-2700 x7263
claytonm@cfkt.org

Project Name:: Comanche Pool Prairie Resource
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Kansas, South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: Restore and protect grassland natural resources, to provide education to ranchers, local citizens and youth on proper management of the rangeland ecosystem, and to enhance rural socioeconomics.
Website:: kansaspartners.fws.gov/ks8.htm
Contact:: Greg Kramos
Kansas Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
785-539-3474, ext 111
greg_kramos@fws.gov

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:: Bradshaw Foothills Planning Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: A citizen driven management plan is in development for the Bradshaw Foothills in Arizona.
Contact:: Chris Horyza
Community Liaison
Bureau of Land Management
623-580-5628
chris_horyza@blm.gov

Project Name:: Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: The reserve provides habitat and protection for the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) under Washington County’s habitat conservation plan.
Website:: www.redcliffsdesertreserve.com
Contact:: Bill Mader
Administrator
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
(435) 634-5759
info@redcliffsdesertreserve.com

Far West

Project Name:: Lemhi County Planning and Restoration Project
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: The Lemhi County Project is a pioneer effort to integrate community into the planning and management of BLM lands and resources.
Contact:: Dr. Robert Cope

Lemhi County Commissioners
(208) 756-2124
teacup@salmoninternet.com

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:: Nez Perce Reforestation
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: This project planted native trees as part of AMERICAN FORESTS’ Global ReLeaf program to reforest burned areas in Nez Perce Woods Property.
Website:: www.americanforest.org
Contact:: Deborah Gangloff
Executive Director
American Forests
(202) 737-1944
info@amfor.org

Project Name:: St. Joe
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is involved in a significant project to acquire conservation easements on roughly 80,000 acres along the St. Joe River in northern Idaho.
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Cathlapotle Plankhouse Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A diverse partnership has built a full-scale cedar plankhouse to interpret the rich natural and cultural heritage preserved on Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Website:: www.plankhouse.org
Contact:: Arlene Johnson
Executive Director
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee of Vancouver/ Clark County
360-906-0957
director@lewisandclark-clark.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:: Local Action Strategies (LAS)
Location:: Far West: Pacific Islands , Hawaii, Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Florida, Puerto Rico
Summary:: Local Action Strategies are locally driven plans for action among federal, state, territory, and non-governmental partners, which implement actions to reduce threats to coral reefs.
Website:: www.coralreef.gov/las/
Contact:: Bill Millhouser
Regional Manager, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
NOAA
301-713-3155 ext. 189
bill.millhouser@noaa.gov

Project Name:: Lower Cerrito Creek
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Friends of Five Creeks partners are restoring native vegetation and creating a creekside trail with seating and signage along 1/2 mile of Cerrito Ck.
Website:: www.fivecreeks.org
Contact:: Susan Schwartz
president
Friends of Five Creeks
510 848 9358
f5creeks@aol.com

Project Name:: Watershed Research and Training Center (Hayfork Partnership)
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: WRTC is a community based non-profit organization, started in 1993 to promote healthy communities and sustainable forests through research, education, training, and economic development.
Contact:: Lynn Jungwirth
The Watershed Research and Training Center

530-628-4206
wrtc@hayfork.net

Current Conservation Programs