Keeping It Together: Large Landscape Conservation in the Upper Green River

2017-02-12T01:09:00+00:00February 20th, 2015|Collaboration, Habitat Conservation, News|

From a hilltop vantage, members of the IWJV’s Management Board and State Conservation Partnership looked across the North Cottonwood Ranch near Daniel, Wyoming. For nearly as far as the eye can see, the group was witnessing over 15,000 acres of vital wetlands and uplands protected in perpetuity. The North Cottonwood Ranch conservation easement is one [...]

AMJV Partnership Receives $8 Million RCPP Award to Enhance Cerulean Habitat

2015-02-09T22:42:18+00:00January 27th, 2015|News, Planning|

A project proposal from the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) Partnership was one of 115 high-impact projects to receive in total more than $370 million as part of the new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today. “Partners are seeing the value of conservation and investing in their future,” Vilsack said. “These partnerships [...]

Collaborating to restore fire-mediated glades, barrens, and open-woodlands in the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture

2017-02-12T01:09:00+00:00December 2nd, 2014|Collaboration, News|

Over 20 partner organizations within the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture (CHJV) that are conducting fire-mediated habitat management work met at Bowling Green, Kentucky in August 2014 to explore how this community could better coordinate on activities for restoring communities of glades, barrens, and open-woodlands to enhance conservation for birds and other wildlife. The meeting consisted [...]

AMJV Partnership Successes for Song Birds and Game Species

2017-02-12T01:09:00+00:00December 1st, 2014|Bird Conservation, News|

The benefits from managing habitat for game species and managing habitat for songbirds are not mutually exclusive. Creating and enhancing a variety of habitats supports a diversity of wildlife and activities, from birdwatching to hunting. This is because habitats used by migratory songbirds are also home to turkey, quail, deer and other wildlife. An example [...]

Forest Management Guidelines for Cerulean Warblers

2017-02-12T01:09:00+00:00March 4th, 2014|Bird Conservation, Collaboration, Habitat Conservation, News, Planning|

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 [...]

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