A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: USDA, NRCS Partners with U.S. Army in New Jersey
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: Fort Dix and USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service have partnered for eight years to protect water quality at an active military training base.
Contact:: David Smart
State Resource Conservationist
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
732-537-6051
david.smart@nj.usda.gov

Project Name:: Local Fisheries Knowledge Pilot Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: Students explore the connections between fisheries, the marine environment, their communities and their own lives while creating intergenerational collaborative partnerships.
Website:: www.st.nmfs.gov/lfkproject
Contact:: Julie Bartsch
Northeast Regional Coordinator
Rural School and Community Trust
978-779-0047
jbartsch@earthlink.net

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Platte River Habitat Partnership
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: The Partnership attempts to balance the economic needs of landowners and the ecological needs of wildlife and native grasslands.
Website:: www.PlatteHabitat.org
Contact:: Timothy Tunnell
Grasslands Manager
The Nature Conservancy
308-583-2294
ttunnell@tnc.org

Project Name:: Baraboo River Cooperative Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: Partners worked together to remove four aged, unsafe, and uneconomical dams that blocked fish movement, damaged water quality, and endangered river users on the 128 mile Baraboo River mainstem.
Website:: www.sandcounty.net/programs/pioneering_solutions/strategic_approach/
Contact:: John W. Laub
Director, River/Floodplain Program
Sand County Foundation
(715) 588-3721
jwlaub@direcway.com

Project Name:: Mechanized Thinning Trial of Upland Hardwood Forests
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: A thinning trial was conducted on a site typical of overstocked, saw log-sized, upland hardwood stands on steep (30%), stony terrain in the Ozarks.
Website:: www.eofc.org
Contact:: Peter Becker
Research Coordinator
Eastern Ozarks Forestry Council
573-689-2121
wongbeck@yahoo.com

Project Name:: Center for First Americans Forest Lands
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wisconsin
Summary:: Partnership to promote and educate on sustainable forestry, particularly best practices for underserved private forest owners and tribal forest communities.
Contact:: Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts
Dean of External Relations
College of Menominee Nation
715-799-5600 x3044
hyoungbear@menominee.edu

Project Name:: International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:: Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Trapper's Point Working Group
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: The group seeks to develop a protection plan for the Trapper's Point wildlife migration route, a crucial corridor for pronghorn antelope, mule deer, and other migrating ungulates.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/trappers.html
Contact:: Joel Berger
Senior Scientist, North America Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
(208) 787-3068
jberger@wcs.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: Canyon De Chelley National Monument is an early example of shared stewardship between the National Park Service and the Navajo Nation.
Contact:: Scott Travis
Superintendent, Canyon De Chelley National Monument
National Park Service
928-674-5500 ext 224

Project Name:: Oklahoma Master Naturalist Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: The goal of this program is to train a core of naturalists who then provide volunteer services, which includes environmental education, habitat enhancement, and public understanding of ecosystems.
Website:: www.okmasternaturalist.org
Contact:: Sharon Bennett
President, OK Master Naturalist Central Chapter
Oklahoma Master Naturalist Program
580-335-2289
sharon_bennett@mindspring.com

Project Name:: Quintana Beach County Park
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Property was acquired to develop a county park. The park has been utilized to educate the public and school groups on conservation practices and the need to conserve wetland areas.
Contact:: Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc.
(979)285-2173
dhschwebel@dow.com

Far West

Project Name:: Partners in Restoration
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: The Partners In Restoration (PIR) Permit Coordination Program makes it easier for farmers and ranchers to restore and preserve the health of their property by easing the permitting burden.
Website:: www.suscon.org
Contact:: Carolyn Remick
Program Director, Restoration on Private Lands
Sustainable Conservation
415.977.0380 x302
cremick@suscon.org

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:: Soap Lake Science and Community Collaborative
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Science and education are bridging environmental goals and community economic development interests for the benefit of a unique natural resource.
Website:: www.thelake.org
Contact:: Jerry Vice
Chair
Soap Lake Conservancy
206-229-2066
gavice@comcast.net

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:: Gifford Pinchot Collaborative Working Group
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The group promotes policies and projects that create local jobs and benefit watershed health within the Cispus Adaptive Management Area and surrounding parts of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/giffordpinchot.html
Contact:: Emily Platt
Executive Director
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
(360) 521-7973
Emily@gptaskforce.org

Project Name:: Hells Canyon and Owyhee's Weed Prevention Project
Location:: Far West: Idaho
Summary:: The focus of this project is prevention of invasive species expansion in Hells Canyon grasslands and Owyhee shrub steppe ecological systems in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. BLM, USFS, ISDA, and IDFG.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/idaho/science/art11928.html
Contact:: Arthur Ray Talsma
Hells Canyon and Owyhees Conservation Manager
The Nature Conservancy
208-343-8826 ext 15
atalsma@tnc.org

Project Name:: Landscape level conservation in Southern California
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Habitat fragmentation has created a hot spot of species endangerment. Multiple species HCPs with multiple partners are creating connectivity for species conservation using innovative approaches.
Website:: www.werc.usgs.gov/hcp/
Contact:: Dr. Robert N. Fisher
Principal Investigator
US Geological Survey
858-637-6882
rfisher@usgs.gov

Project Name:: NOAA’s Community-based Restoration Program and Restore America’s Estuaries
Location:: Far West: Washington, California, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Florida, North Carolina
Summary:: Through financial and technical assistance, this partnership focuses on restoring the nation’s most productive marine ecosystems—its estuaries.
Website:: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/rae.html
Contact:: Steve Emmett-Mattox
Vice President
Restore America’s Estuaries
703-524-0248
sem@estuaries.org

Project Name:: Seven Basins Fire Planning Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: The Seven Basins group works to provide community awareness of wildfire issues, fire mitigation, and reduction of hazardous fuels within local communities.
Contact:: Leanne Mruzik
Fuels Management Specialist
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District
541-618-2419
lmruzik@or.blm.gov

Current Conservation Programs