A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership secured a 27,000-acre community forest and a 312,000-acre conservation easement to sustain a rural economy.
Website:: www.newenglandforestry.org/projects/dlfp.asp
Contact:: Amos Eno
Executive Director
New England Forestry Foundation

(207) 847-9313
aeno@newenglandforestry.org

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:: Great Bay Partnership Land and Waterfowl Conservation
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: Using a partnership-developed conservation plan, nearly 7,000 acres of wetlands and uplands adjoining New Hampshire’s Great Bay estuary have been protected.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/gbe.html
Contact:: Peter Wellenberger
Manager Great Bay NERR
NH Fish and Game Department
603-868-1095
pwellenberger@nhfgd.org

Project Name:: West Branch Project, Maine
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: To conserve the largest contiguous tract of land ever protected in Maine – 329,000 acres through a public-private partnership.
Website:: www.fsmaine.org
Contact:: Alan Hutchinson
Executive Director
Forest Society of Maine
207-945-9200
alan@fsmaine.org

Project Name:: Virginia's Middle Fork Holston River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Summary:: Watershed plan is being successfully implemented by local partnerships to reduce fecal bacterial loadings from livestock access to streams, and failing or inadequate on-site sewage disposal systems.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org/govtaff/tmdl/CSAbingdonVA.htm
Contact:: Anthony Summitt
Project Officer
Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
276-628-8187
anthony.summitt@va.nacdnet.net

Southeastern

Project Name:: Duke Power’s Buck Steam Station Project WILD Site
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Students in the Rowan-Salisbury North Carolina school system enjoy the benefits of outdoor wildlife class sessions at Duke Power's Buck Steam Station.
Contact:: Norbert J. Zalme
Environmental Coordinator
Duke Energy Corporation
704- 645-2706
njzalme@duke-energy.com

Project Name:: Hacienda Pellejas Endangered Species Habitat Restoration Project
Location:: Southeastern: Puerto Rico
Summary:: Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program the landowner is restoring shade coffee and riparian buffers in his ranch for the benefit of listed species and migratory birds.
Website:: www.haciendapellejas.com
Contact:: Silmarie Padron
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service
787-851-7297
silmarie_padron@fws.gov

Project Name:: Mountain Island Lake water quality protection
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: This collaborative effort among landowners, county government and Catawba Lands Conservancy conserved 500 acres to protect the source of drinking water for Charlotte and surrounding communities.
Website:: www.catawbalands.org
Contact:: Davis J. Cable
Executive Director
Catawba Lands Conservancy
(704) 342-3330
dave@catawbalands.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

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:: Ohio CELP
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: The Trust for Public Land is working on two projects along the lakefront of Lake Erie in Ohio: East Sandusky Bay and Mentor Marsh.
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Healthy Grown Potato Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: The partnership promotes IPM, plans to protect habitat and species on private lands, improvements to soil, water and air quality, using regional goals, and markets these efforts through an eco-label.
Website:: www.wisconsinpotatoes.com/fresh_healthy.htm
Contact:: Frank Casey, Ph.D.
Director, Conservation Economics Program
Defenders of Wildlife
202-682-9400
fcasey@defenders.org

Project Name:: Rapid Response to DOI Land and Resource Manager's needs:
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: USGS scientists support science needs of DOI land managers by sharing intellectual property, providing technical assistance, and synthesizing existing data and information.
Contact:: Randle Olsen
Regional Science Coordinator
U. S. Geological Survey
303-202-4743
rwolsen@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Quivira Coalition
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: The Coalition fosters ecological, economic, and social health on western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration, and progressive public and private land stewardship.
Website:: www.quiviracoalition.org
Contact:: Courtney White
Executive Director
Quivira Coalition
(505) 820-2544
executive@quiviracoalition.org

Far West

Project Name:: Cooperative Air Quality Workshops
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A series of agricultural air quality workshops were offered to San Joaquin Valley farmers to create Conservation Management Practice plans (CMPs).
Contact:: John Beyer
NRCS Air Quality Coordinator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
559-252-2191
john.beyer@ca.usda.gov

Project Name:: Calapooia River, Improving Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Assessing riparian function and water quality in agricultural and forestry settings to promote natural resource management to improve water quality and aquatic habitat in the Calapooia River.
Contact:: Stephen Schoenholtz
Professor
Oregon State University
541.737.9112
Stephen.Schoenholtz@oregonstate.edu

Project Name:: Water Without War: Cooperative Salmon Restoration
Location:: Far West: Washington, Oregon
Summary:: River collaboration restores threatened fish by improving in-stream flow, habitat and water quality, while sustaining local farms and communities.
Website:: www.wallawallawatershed.org
Contact:: Kevin Scribner

Walla Walla Watershed Alliance
509-520-8040
ktscribner@my180.net

Project Name:: Guadalupe River Project, San Jose, California
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: This project provides 100-year flood protection, habitat protection, water quality protection, fish & wildlife enhancement, and recreation & open space features within the Guadalupe River watershed.
Website:: www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/guadalupe/
Contact:: Bradley C. Hubbard
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
(916) 557-7054
bradley.c.hubbard@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Deschutes Water Bank
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Members of the Deschutes Water Alliance partnership are undertaking voluntary water conservation measures to establish a water bank to secure future water needs for wildlife, fish and people.
Contact:: Steven C. Johnson
Chair, Deschutes Basin Board of Control
Central Irrigation District
541-548-6047
stevej@coid.org

Project Name:: Square Lake Preserve
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: Surrounded by public land, the Square Lake Preserve protects critical habitat for greater sage grouse, a declining species in the West, and other sagebrush steppe obligates.
Website:: www.woodriverlandtrust.org/squarelake.html
Contact:: Allison Kennedy
Planning Coordinator
Wood River Land Trust
(208) 788-3947
akennedy@woodriverlandtrust.org

Project Name:: Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Resource Management Plan was developed and consensus was reached between rancher advocates and environmental groups on a grazing matrix that categorizes allotments for use.
Website:: www5.or.blm.gov/Prineville/Deschutes_RMP/Home.htm
Contact:: Teal Purrington
Project Manager
Bureau of Land Management, Prineville District
541-416-6772
tpurring@or.blm.gov

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