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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:
Washington's Crossing
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:
Near the very banks where George Washington launched his nation-defining attack, an 80,000-square-foot shopping plaza was planned.
Website:
conserveland.org/stories/washc1
Contact:
Dennis Collins
Senior Advisor
Wildlands Conservancy
610-965-4397 x19
dcollins@wildlandspa.org
Project Name:
Skaneateles Lake
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:
The City of Syracuse established the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program (SLWAP) in 1994, as an alternative to a costly filtration system required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Contact:
Kristen Pelhan Skopeck
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(315) 477-6524
kristen.skopeck@ny.usda.gov
Project Name:
Black River Greenway
Location:
Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:
Partnership of NJDEP Green Acres, Morris County, 2 private landowners and 2 non-profit organizations, & local municipality preserving 207 acres toward the completion of a regional river corridor.
Contact:
David Peifer
Executive Director
Upper Raritan Watershed Assoc.
908-234-1852
dave@urwa.org
Midwest/Northern High Plains
Project Name:
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:
Private, county, state, and federal entities implement the Joliet Arsenal Citizens Planning Commission’s balanced redevelopment plan for the closed 23,000-acre arsenal.
Website:
aec.army.mil/usaec/cleanup/aic-il-02.html
Contact:
Jerry Heinrich
Sierra Club
815-476-6171
heinrich79@cs.com
Project Name:
Glacial Ridge Project, Partnership in Preservation
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:
Glacial Ridge Project, the country’s largest grassland and wetland reconstruction effort, is returning Minnesota’s prairie to its pre-settlement condition.
Website:
nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/minnesota/preserves/art6943.html
Contact:
Ron Nargang
State Director
The Nature Conservancy
612-331-0774
rnargang@tnc.org
Project Name:
Chouteau Island Implementation
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:
The Chouteau Island Implementation effort will convert a 5,500 acre island-complex, outside of St. Louis, Mo., into a passive recreational complex with extensive floodplain habitat restoration.
Website:
www.swircd.org/
Contact:
Dave Eustis
Chouteau Island Project Manager
Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc.
618-566-4451
dave.eustis@rcdnet.net
Project Name:
Indiana Master Naturalist Program
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:
Brings together specialists with adult learners to foster an understanding of Indiana's natural resources and promote volunteer service and conservation in local communities.
Website:
www.indianamasternaturalist.org/
Contact:
Todd Hutson
Purdue Extension Educator, Chair State IMN Advisory Committee
(765) 492-3394
hutsont@purdue.edu
Project Name:
Fleshman Creek
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:
In partnership with the City of Livingston and Trout Unlimited, NPS helped to design and plan a stream restoration project to provide trout spawning and rearing habitat.
Website:
www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/news&events/ne_stories/conssucc/Trout_Habitat_Improved.html
Contact:
Gary Weiner
RTCA Montana field office
National Park Service
(406) 587-1667
gary_weiner@nps.gov
Project Name:
Safeguarding Natural and Cultural Heritage in National Parks
Location:
Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska, South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
Innovative and specialized mobile strike teams work with private and public partners throughout the country to manage harmful invasive plants on park lands.
Website:
www.nature.nps.gov/biology/invasivespecies
Contact:
Linda R. Drees
Branch Chief
National Park Service
970.225.3595
Linda_Drees@nps.gov
South-Central/South-West
Project Name:
Mountain Plover Conservation Efforts in Colorado
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
Several organizations partnered together to conduct research on over 300,000 acres of farm land in Colorado. Due to cooperative efforts, the plover was not listed as an Endangered Species.
Contact:
Jared Koch
Director of National Affairs
Colorado Farm Bureau
303-749-7500
jkoch@colofb.com
Project Name:
Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:
Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:
lca.gov/
Contact:
James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov
Project Name:
Black Bear Conservation Committee
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:
The BBCC is a broad-based coalition of diverse interests whose mission is to promote the restoration of the Louisiana black bear through education, research, and habitat management.
Website:
bbcc.org/
Contact:
Paul Davidson
Executive Director
Black Bear Conservation Committee
225-763-5425
PLDavidson@aol.com
Project Name:
Brazoria Elementary School
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
Acquired school and grounds to develop a community center and library complex to educate the public on county history and on the need to conserve key areas and habitat.
Contact:
Darrell H. Schwebel
President
Cradle of Texas Conservancy, Inc
(979)285-2173
dhschwebel@dow.com
Project Name:
Public Lands Partnership
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:
The partnership seeks to influence the management of Western Colorado's public lands in ways that enhance and help maintain diverse, healthy and viable economies, environments, and communities.
Website:
www.upproject.org/UPP/PLP.html
Contact:
Mary Chapman
Coordinator
Public Lands Partnership
(970) 874-8806
plp@montrose.net
Project Name:
Restoration of the San Jacinto State Battlefield
Location:
South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:
The Texas Coastal Wetlands Corporate Partnership seeks to restore the coastal prairie, coastal forest, and the marshes of the San Jacinto State Battlefield.
Website:
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/sanjac/marshtour.phtml
Contact:
John Bowie
Project Manager
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
713-989-8345
jfbowie@duke-energy.com
Far West
Project Name:
Willamette River Water Trail
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
The Willamette River Water Trail is a community-driven partnership effort that illustrates what can be achieved when local communities work together towards a common goal.
Website:
www.willamettewatertrail.org/
Contact:
Mark A. Brown
Willamette River Navigator
BLM
(541) 520-3886
Mark_brown@blm.gov
Project Name:
NRCS, State, Private, Tribal Partnership
Location:
Far West: Washington
Summary:
Public-Private-NGO: to Restore Salmon Habitat in the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest
Contact:
Dr. Barry Southerland
Soil Conservationist
(509) 323-2970
barry.southerland@wa.usda.gov
Project Name:
Siuslaw Basin Partnership
Location:
Far West: Oregon
Summary:
Whole-basin restoration initiative that improves the health and vitality of water resources, and includes a monitoring and evaluation component.
Website:
www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/siuslawbasin.html
Contact:
Brent Davies
Director of Community and Public Forestry
Ecotrust
503-467-0761
brent@ecotrust.org
National
Project Name:
National Tribal Native Plant Initiative (NTNPI)
Location:
National
Summary:
On-going collaboration to provide information and facilities to tribes for growing native plants, while acknowledging specific needs and sensitivities of individual tribes.
Contact:
Larry Payne
Director – Cooperative Forestry
USDA Forest Service
202-205-1602
lpayne@fs.fed.us
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