Joint Ventures work together to build a healthy world for birds, other wildlife, and people. As we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this model for international collaboration in 2017, Joint Ventures look ahead to the next thirty years and beyond of building strong, effective partnerships for bird and habitat conservation. Access a new Story Map that illustrates some of the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures recent accomplishments.
The growing popularity of our partnership’s Cerulean Warbler Appalachian Enhancement Project is evident in the number of stories in national and state outlets that are being filed on its behalf. In West Virginia, the state’s Division of Natural Resources and WCHS news featured the project on its edition of West Virginia Wildlife. The television segment documents how landowners can help improve its shrinking habitat, with interviews from West Virginia Cerulean Warbler Partnership Coordinator Kyle Aldinger and John Cobb, a private landowner enrolled in the project. At the national level, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Service recently
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Barb McWhorter, State Forester with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in West Virginia, has been awarded the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture Outstanding Partner Award for her instrumental role in the development and initial implementation of our Cerulean Warbler Appalachian Forestland Enhancement project. AMJV Coordinator Todd Fearer presented Barb with the award at the West Virginia NRCS State Technical Committee meeting in Morgantown on January 25th. The AMJV Management Board voted in 2016 to create this award to recognize partners who go above-and-beyond in their contributions to and support of our Joint Venture activities, but whose efforts are largely behind
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At our Fall Management Board meeting, JV staff and resource managers from federal and state agencies held in-depth discussions on one of the major priorities of the AMJV partnership in 2017 – establishing a Focal Landscapes Initiative. The overarching objective of the AMJV Focal Landscapes Initiative is to work across public and private lands to enhance forest structure and species diversity in the long term while integrating forest restoration efforts with bird conservation objectives. The first step is for AMJV partners to identify focal areas that will serve as proofs of concept for setting manageable objectives, implementing strategies, tracking progress, and
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The Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to plan and implement a series of workshops across USFS Region 9 for land owners detailing management practices that can improve forest habitats for birds and other wildlife. The workshops will describe how specific forest management practices can benefit birds and other wildlife, and includes discussions of cost-share and easement programs that facilitate this type of management. AMJV staff and partners, working with Allegheny National Forest staff, have a workshop scheduled for June 9-10, 2017, targeting forest landowners in northwest Pennsylvania and southwest New York. The AMJV is
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Griffin Groups, the conservation-based project management site, will be back online the 1st week of February. Funding has been secured to resurrect the site for at least 6 months. If you are interested in providing additional support please visit: https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/griffin-groups-reboot
Click here to view and download the 2023 AMJV Partnership Year in Review!
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The 2023 AMJV Impact Report is now available for downloading and sharing! Starting in 2022, this beautiful report has been designed annually by Liz Brewer (AMJV Outreach Specialist) to…
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by Liz Brewer, AMJV Outreach Specialist Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV), in partnership with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), and the West Virginia…
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