Mexico Birding Trail
A multi-agency program to train residents of communities in or near important conservation sites to be bird guides.
Restoring Coal-mined Lands to Create Habitat for Imperiled Birds
Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture (AMJV) and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative are partnering to re-establish habitat on previously mined land to improve breeding habitat for declining bird species in the Appalachian Region. This collaboration is replanting trees on disturbed sites in heavily populated bird areas to restore habitats after mining activity. These restoration efforts will benefit [...]
Forest Management Guidelines for Cerulean Warblers
The Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture worked with partners to develop new Forest Management Guidelines for improving the condition of Appalachian hardwood forests for Cerulean Warbler. This species’ population has plummeted by nearly 70% over the last half century, with the loss and degradation of large areas of mature deciduous forest contributing to those declines. The [...]
Lek Surveys Increase Understanding of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Distribution
A three-year, multi-partner restoration project designed to connect blocks of Lesser Prairie-Chicken habitat.
Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species
This multi-agency (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and U.S. Navy) project gathers baseline information on the distribution and density of marine birds, turtles, and mammals in the marine environment. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Bird Management is in the fourth year [...]
Nebraska Partners Help Landowners Restore Habitat by Removing Invasives
Restoring over 1,000 acres of wet meadow, riparian woodland, and mixed-grass prairie along the Upper Niobrara River in Nebraska.
American Black Duck Energetic Study
The Atlantic Coast Joint Venture is working with the Black Duck Joint Venture and Ducks Unlimited to develop energetic supply and demand curves to better define habitat goals for American Black Duck along the Atlantic Coast. They have developed spatially-explicit models of energy supply, currently thought to the major factor limiting wintering Black Duck populations, [...]
Creating and Improving Golden-winged Warbler Habitat in the Appalachian Mountains
In 2013, a multi-agency team of Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture partners created or improved more than 12,000 acres of young forest habitat within Pennsylvania’s Golden-winged Warbler Focal Conservation Area. While a majority of this area is located on public lands, more than 4,000 acres represent private lands partnerships. The partnership (consisting of the Pennsylvania Game [...]
Conservation Partnerships Craft Community-based, Landscape-Scale Success
In pre-settlement days, Greater Sage-Grouse numbered in the millions across the American West. Their populations have since plummeted to about 200,000. Fortunately, much of this bird’s ideal habitat is found on private ranchlands and what’s good for rangelands is often good for grouse. Ranchers and wildlife conservationists are sharing a vision for conserving sagebrush habitats [...]
Neighbors helping Neighbors Through Prescribed Burn Associations
Neighbors helping neighbors is a proud tradition in the western Great Plains — from community barn raisings to moving cattle.