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 [...]

Upper Mississippi / Great Lakes Joint Venture Announces the Launch of their Newly Revised Website

2019-06-20T15:11:46+00:00May 17th, 2019|News|

Recently, the Upper Mississippi / Great Lakes Joint Venture (UMGL JV) announced the unveiling of their new and improved website. The website revision has been a work in progress over the past year for the JV, working closely with the company CryBaby Design. The fruits of these efforts are finally available to the public for [...]

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 [...]

Story Map Illustrates Accomplishments of Migratory Bird JVs

2017-02-12T16:30:21+00:00February 10th, 2017|Habitat Conservation, News|

Joint Ventures work together to build a healthy world for birds, other wildlife, and people. As we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this model for international collaboration in 2017, Joint Ventures look ahead to the next thirty years and beyond of building strong, effective partnerships for bird and habitat conservation. Access a new Story Map [...]

AMJV Partners with USFS on Series of Forest Management Workshops

2017-02-10T21:05:12+00:00February 10th, 2017|Collaboration, News|

The Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to plan and implement a series of workshops across USFS Region 9 for land owners detailing management practices that can improve forest habitats for birds and other wildlife. The workshops will describe how specific forest management practices can benefit birds and other wildlife, [...]

Joint Ventures Embrace Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial

2017-02-12T01:08:59+00:00September 12th, 2016|Bird Conservation, Collaboration, Education and Outreach, Habitat Conservation, News|

It’s a big year for birds! 2016 marks the Centennial anniversary of the signing of the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds between the United States and Great Britain (on behalf of Canada). Known in the U.S. as the Migratory Bird Treaty, this landmark agreement laid the foundation for a century of cooperative and [...]

Region-wide Monitoring Program Informs Habitat Conservation

2017-02-12T01:08:59+00:00May 23rd, 2016|Bird Conservation, Collaboration, Habitat Conservation, News|

This year, Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) joined a region-wide bird monitoring effort. The program, called Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR), is a large partnership-driven program that uses state-of-the-art approaches for the entire process, from the sampling design to how it reports results. The implementation of this program within the Joint Venture region [...]

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