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 [...]
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 [...]
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture (LMVJV) partners teamed up in April 2013 to increase coordination among Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) organizations in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and its core conservation partners in the Lower Mississippi Valley. What began as a concept has evolved into a well established three-state coordination group; the Tri-state Conservation Coordination [...]
In the relatively small geographic scope of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture, which comprises just nine counties but over 7 million people, land acquisition for wetland restoration has been a priority of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture since its inception in 1996. Thanks to a history of salt making and hay farming, much [...]
Development of a monitoring strategy of poorly-monitored bird species and species of concern of the Sonoran Desert.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Neighbors helping neighbors is a proud tradition in the western Great Plains — from community barn raisings to moving cattle.