Sagebrush Songbirds, a Barometer of Restoration Effectiveness
A new study evaluates how the impacts of conifer removal on sage grouse in the Warner Mountains of southern Oregon may benefit sagebrush-dependent songbirds.
Guide Enhances Understanding of Farm Bill Conservation Programs
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 [...]
Trumpeter Swans Flourish in Shallow Lakes of Iowa
Trumpeter Swans in the Prairie Pothole Region of Iowa are making a remarkable comeback. By the late 1800s habitat conversion had extirpated the species from the region. Thanks to partnerships for habitat restoration, today there is a healthy population.
Actively Managing for Cerulean Warblers
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
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 [...]
Wetlands protect coastal communities
Marshes that rest along bayside Marin could protect communities from storms, flooding, erosion and sea-level rise, according to a new NOAA study.
Keeping It Together: Large Landscape Conservation in the Upper Green River
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 [...]
Conserving the Worthen’s Sparrow
The Rio Grande Joint Venture recently met with partners in Monterrey, Mexico to develop a draft conservation plan for the Worthen’s Sparrow.
AMJV Partnership Receives $8 Million RCPP Award to Enhance Cerulean Habitat
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
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 [...]