Guide Enhances Understanding of Farm Bill Conservation Programs

2017-02-12T01:08:59+00:00November 6th, 2015|Bird Conservation, Habitat Conservation, Species Recovery|

The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation is a collaborative effort by conservation partners that provides a new tool for those who work with private landowners and agricultural producers in adopting conservation practices included in the 2014 Farm Bill. It provides biologists, range conservationists, foresters, and others with a road map [...]

Actively Managing for Cerulean Warblers

2015-08-10T20:58:02+00:00July 28th, 2015|Research|

The Appalachian Region is known for its extensive tracts of mature hardwood forest and high biodiversity, including that of songbirds. The region is a stronghold for the cerulean warbler, containing about 75 percent of the population. But the bird is a species of high conservation concern due in part to an estimated 70 percent population [...]

IWJV Leader receives National Conservation Award

2015-07-21T19:29:01+00:00July 21st, 2015|Bird Conservation, Human Dimensions|

The U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) and the Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV) are delighted to announce that Dave Smith, IWJV’s Coordinator, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the Gary T. Myers Bird Conservation Award. He was awarded this honor at the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies meeting this [...]

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 [...]

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