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 [...]
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 [...]
In the fall of 2018, the North Olympic Land Trust added a few more acres to the 3,300 it had already conserved on Washington’s North Olympic Peninsula. A 34.5 acre parcel was donated to the Land Trust and includes footage along the Calawah River where it runs through Forks, Washington. The Olympic Peninsula is within [...]
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 [...]
At a time when good news can be hard to come by, we are glad to be able to report that wetland restoration is working in and around the San Francisco Bay Area thanks to the efforts of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture (SFBJV) partners! Since the inception of the SFBJV in 2001, our [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]