Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture (PBHJV) is featured in BirdLife International's Global Flyways video series! This series highlights the extraordinary journeys of migratory birds and the global efforts to protect the interconnected chain of habitats they rely upon. Each video focuses on a different conservation project from across the globe to illustrate both what’s at [...]
A Recent Review by Prairie Habitat Joint Venture Conservation Partners Crop and livestock production provide food necessary for people, however some farming practices can be devastating for natural ecosystems. The conversion of wetlands to agricultural landscapes has cascading impacts on wildlife and the ecological services those habitats provide, such as flood mitigation, maintaining water quality [...]
On any given agricultural operation, water conservation can look very different. That flexibility is exactly the point of the Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability Project (GRASP) in Wichita and Greeley counties, Kansas. This project is part of the NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) which funds solutions to natural resource challenges. Rather than pushing a single [...]
Shorebirds in the Prairie Region of Canada have experienced long-term declines, including the threatened Lesser Yellowlegs, which has declined by 70% since 1970. Partners in our Prairie Habitat Joint Venture (PHJV) Science Committee are working to ensure that target landscapes include much needed habitat for Lesser Yellowlegs and other shorebird species. Lesser Yellowlegs breed in [...]
It’s a clear, May morning, on the plains of eastern Montana. The dawn chorus of birds welcomes the sun as it crests over hills of waving bunch grass. You can’t turn in any direction here without seeing a meadowlark singing atop a shrub or fencepost. You also can’t look anywhere without seeing, or hearing, cows. [...]
Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture has officially launched the Decade of the Oak — a grassroots outreach initiative to build awareness and support for oak conservation by connecting individuals with their communities and local landscapes. The Decade of the Oak is a celebration as well as a call to action to help save and restore [...]
The Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP), formed in 1996, brings together 19 public and private partners to conserve and restore the longleaf pine ecosystem and unique aquatic resources of northwest Florida and southern Alabama. Together, these partners own and manage nearly 1.3 million acres, including 70% of the world’s remaining old-growth longleaf pine habitats, [...]
Every spring, the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) teems with duck calls and wings splashing on water. Shallow ponds glisten amidst rolling grasslands and farmlands, filled with waterfowl returning from the south to nest and raise their young. Spanning Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, and southern Canada, the PPR is often called the cradle of North [...]
In southeast New Mexico, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is working to preserve grassland habitat and improve rangeland health on public lands by treating and removing invasive mesquite. This is part of a larger effort through Restore New Mexico to remove mesquite on both public and private lands. Since 2005, the partnership has treated [...]
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 [...]