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A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic
Project Name:
Maryland Conservation Partnership
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maryland
Summary:
NRCS provided technical expertise and project management to the Navy and conservation partners to restore eroding shoreline and wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay.
Contact:
Virginia (Ginger) L. Murphy
State Conservationist
USDA-NRCS
410-757-0861
ginger.murphy@md.usda.gov
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:
People, land and streams of the Upper Thornton River Watershed
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:
Local volunteers, land owners work with NRCS, Nat'l Park Service, Virginia agencies to preserve & protect headwaters streams of the Chesapeake Bay Basin.
Website:
www.rappflow.org
Contact:
Beverly Hunter
Coordinator
RappFLOW: Rappahannock Friends & Lovers of Our Watershed
540 937-4038
mail@rappflow.org
Southeastern
Project Name:
Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science in Tampa Bay
Location:
Southeastern: Florida
Summary:
Scientists collaborate across disciplines to acquire scientific data on Tampa Bay that will help managers conserve and protect its resources.
Website:
gulfsci.usgs.gov/tampabay
Contact:
Holly Greening
Senior Scientist
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
727-893-2765
hgreening@tbep.org
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Greater Yellowstone Mammal Migrations
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy and partners are committed to protecting critical seasonal ranges for Yellowstone's migrating animals and preserving these historic overland movements.
Website:
nature.org
Contact:
Laura Hubbard
Greater Yellowstone Program Manager
The Nature Conservancy
(406) 556-7277
lhubbard@tnc.org
Project Name:
Conserving Prairie Ranches, Ranchers, and Grassland Birds
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota
Summary:
A landscape-level project that uses purchased conservation easements to conserve native grasslands and wetlands vital to ranchers and grassland birds.
Website:
www.ducks.org
Contact:
James Ringelman
Director of Conservation Programs
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
701-355-3504
jringelman@ducks.org
Project Name:
Confluence: A Conservation, Heritage & Recreation Corridor
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:
Reconnecting people to region’s Great Rivers through a system of multi-use trails, recreation facilities, historic sites, visitor education centers, public art & interpretation.
Website:
www.confluencegreenway.org
Contact:
Laura Cohen
Project Director
Confluence Greenway
314-436-1324 ext 108
lauracohen@trailnet.org
Project Name:
Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie Partnership
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:
The Tallgrass Prairie Partnership identifies tallgrass management needs and directs habitat improvements on private lands.
Website:
www.privatelandownernetwork.org/local-resources/Northern-Prairies-Land-Trust/1404
Contact:
Kent Pfeiffer
Northern Prairies Land Trust
402-228-0276
kent.pfeiffer@nebraska.gov
Project Name:
Carity Prairie
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:
The Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy has partnered with developer Bill Carity to preserve a rare prairie remnant and restore a sedge meadow complex. The site totals 23 acres and is open to the public.
Website:
my.core.com/~dhanson/
Contact:
Tim Burch
President - MALC
Milwaukee Area Land Concervancy
414-421-9788
tburch1@wi.rr.com
Project Name:
Mapping Invasive Leafy Spurge with Remote Sensing
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: North Dakota
Summary:
This partnership develops remote sensing and modeling for detecting, mapping, and predicting infestations of leafy spurge on the Northern Great Plains.
Contact:
Susan Stitt
Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4351
susan_stitt@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Swan Ecosystem Center
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
Swan Valley, Montana residents are working on a comprehensive strategy to maintain a timber economy, ecological integrity and a rural way of life as timberlands are sold for residential development.
Website:
swanecosystemcenter.com
Contact:
Anne Dahl
President/Secretary
Swan Ecosystem Center
406-754-3137
swanec@blackfoot.net
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Fort Still Private Lands Initiative
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:
A broad-based coalition of interests has come together to identify common concerns and provide a mechanism for de-conflicting economic, environmental, and social needs in positive ways.
Website:
www.landlegacy.com/index.asp?page=new&issue=20040002
Contact:
Steve Bonner
Community Planner
NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance
512-916-5163
steve_bonner@nps.gov
Far West
Project Name:
Family Forest Habitat Conservation Plan
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
The FFHCP is a community effort in collaboration with USFWS to develop viable long term forest management plans for family forest owners.
Website:
www.familyforestfoundation.org
Contact:
Steve Stinson
Executive Director
Family Forest Foundation
360-345-1023
stevestinson@familyforestfoundation.org
Project Name:
Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative
Location:
Far West: Alaska
Summary:
The Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative is a cooperative conservation program to allow willing landowners to sell inholdings along salmon rivers for conservation and public access purposes.
Website:
www.swakcc.org
Contact:
Glenn Elison
Alaska Director
The Conservation Fund
907-868-7974
glennelison@alaska.com
Project Name:
California Tribal Partnerships
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
A unique blend of traditional Native American practices and today’s science preserves native customs and contributes to forest health.
Website:
www.r5.fs.fed.us/tribal-relations
Contact:
Sonia Tamez
Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager
USDA Forest Service
707-562-8919
stamez@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Backcountry Horsemen of America
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
Developing a network of trail supporters and youth programs to adopt the PCT, specifically maintenance of a previously dilapidated 70 mile section.
Website:
www.backcountryhorse.com/
Contact:
Alan Hill
Public Liaison Chair
Backcountry Horsemen of America
530-221-8531
athill01@charter.net
Project Name:
California OHV Stakeholders Roundtable
Location:
Far West: California
Summary:
The stakeholders (primarily 2 groups -- OHV users and environmentalists) worked collaboratively to provide quality recreation opportunities in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
Website:
www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs.ohv
Contact:
Jerry Ingersoll
OHV Program Manager
USDA Forest Service
202-205-0931
jingersoll@fs.fed.us
Project Name:
Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Location:
Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:
The Spirit of the Fish plan utilizes a gravel-to-gravel approach integrated into an adaptive management framework to restore treaty protected fish resources
Website:
www.critfc.org
Contact:
Olney Patt, Jr.
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
503-238-0667
pato@critfc.org
Project Name:
Ocean Shores Waterways
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
This project addresses waterways-related ecological and economic issues to ensure and promote sustainable practices in this growing coastal community.
Website:
forthcoming
Contact:
Lynn Wilson
Partnership Director
Ocean Shores Waterways
360-961-3363
lwilson@nasw.org
Project Name:
Restoring a Tidewater Glacial Fjord Habitat at Kenai Fjords National Park
Location:
Far West: Alaska
Summary:
To address the decline in seal and other species numbers, commercial tour operators agreed to self-regulate their activities in and around the fjords.
Contact:
Tom Ferranti
Alaska Region
National Park Service
907-644-3504
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