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Collaborating with Renewable Energy Developers

2022-02-03T19:20:41+00:00December 3rd, 2021|Collaboration, Planning|

Looking at an interactive playa map developed by Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV), it’s easy to see how playas and renewable energy infrastructure are often found in the same locations — blue shapes marking playas and orange and green circles representing wind turbines often dot the same areas of the region. But why does this [...]

JV Partners Working to Support Water Sustainability in Kansas

2022-02-03T19:09:10+00:00March 2nd, 2021|Adaptive Management, Collaboration, Habitat Conservation, News|

A key aspect to successful conservation delivery is listening to the needs of partners and shaping strategy around those conversations. That is what Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) is doing with two recently funded projects that address declining aquifer levels in Kansas. Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability Project This past year, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service [...]

Initiative Focuses Resources on Priority Landscapes in Appalachian Region

2019-09-24T21:01:11+00:00September 24th, 2019|Collaboration, Habitat Conservation|

Since our formation in 2008, the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) has worked to build partnerships to conserve, manage, and restore the health of forest habitat in the Appalachian region. Our vision is to have effective, collaborative partnerships for habitat conservation across the entirety of our Joint Venture geography. However, it requires tremendous capacity to [...]

Studying the Human Dimensions of CRP Participation

2019-05-13T22:39:46+00:00May 6th, 2019|Human Dimensions|

What drives landowner decisions to re-enroll in or exit the USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)? What happens on fields that are not re-enrolled in the program? A new study report brings together data from 700 survey responses, 3 focus groups in 3 states, 27 landowner interviews, and 3.5 months of observational field research to provide [...]

Pilot Projects Address Black Rail Population Declines

2019-05-14T18:46:35+00:00April 18th, 2019|Species Recovery|

Hiding deep in the marsh, inaccessible to even the most dedicated birders and researchers, Black Rails have kept much of their ecology a secret for centuries. Now the species is facing alarming declines and solutions are urgently needed to stabilize the population. Given how little is known about the species and their habitat, the Atlantic [...]

Recharging a New Mexico Community Through Playa Restoration

2019-05-13T23:03:08+00:00July 30th, 2018|Collaboration|

In June, the City of Clovis and Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) formalized their partnership with a joint resolution to provide public education about the significance of playas to groundwater recharge and wildlife habitat and to restore playas in Curry County, New Mexico, so they can better provide those benefits. The resolution was signed by [...]

Farm Bill Works for Landowners and Birds, New Report Finds

2017-08-08T19:25:50+00:00August 8th, 2017|Bird Conservation, Education and Outreach, News|

State of the Birds 2017 Identifies Benefits for Agriculture, Forestry, and Conservation (Washington, D.C., August 3, 2017) Thirty-seven million. That’s the increase in the number of waterfowl in the Prairie Pothole Region over the past quarter-century, thanks to the Farm Bill. The State of the Birds 2017 report, released today by the North American Bird [...]

For the Love of Sage: Communicating for an Ecosystem

2017-08-10T19:42:26+00:00August 8th, 2017|Collaboration, Education and Outreach, News, Strategic Communications|

For Americans who haven’t lived in or experienced the Intermountain West’s sagebrush country, it can feel like an empty void or unproductive wasteland. Members of the conservation community know these perceptions to be unfounded, and for decades they have enacted significant scientific studies and conservation initiatives to better understand and protect this place. Yet, these [...]

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