The second ever joint Northeast and Southeast Partners in Flight Conference brought together the bird conservation community across the eastern United States to focus on “Full Life Cycle Conservation: Flyway-scale Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, and Communication”. Coordinator Todd Fearer, Science Coordinator Becky Keller, and many partners represented the AMJV at the conference, which further developed full life-cycle migratory bird conservation business plans and expanded on the initial 2013 effort to include projects highlighting efforts on breeding grounds. Convened at Virginia Beach, VA from October 6-9, the Conference also allowed for multiple technical working groups to convene, including those for Golden-winged Warbler, Wood
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The AMJV is happy to have on board student interns from Virginia Tech and Hollins University who will help the Partnership on both the Science and Communication fronts. Jenna Gant, a senior at Hollins University, will be working with AMJV Science Coordinator Becky Keller starting in January 2015 on an ongoing bird-window collision study at Virginia Tech, as well as expanding this project to Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. When not pursuing her career interests in conservation, Jenna enjoys rock climbing, traipsing around in the Blue Ridge, and birding. Melissa Skirkanich, a junior at Virginia Tech majoring in wildlife conservation and
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At the Fall AMJV Management Board Meeting, natural resource managers throughout the Appalachians provided insight and guidance towards the focus of the AMJV work in the coming three years. This year marks the first revision of the AMJV Operational Plan, which outlines the major conservation priorities of the partnership and details how AMJV staff and partners will deliver specific contributions to accomplish collective objectives. The outline of the AMJV Operational Plan is being finalized, with a focus on developing tools to inform the JV’s landscape design, improving the Technical Committee structure, and continuing to strengthen habitat delivery capacity. In addition
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As part of the recently-implemented “Tennessee Northern Bobwhite Quail Restoration Plan” a third person has been added as a Quail Forever farm bill wildlife biologist in the state. David Peters joins the Quail Forever staff. He will work closely with Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency staff on the plan to help bring back the bobwhite quail population which has seen its numbers decline over the past several decades. His primary area of responsibility will be in TWRA Region III, which includes one of the four quail focus Wildlife Management Areas, the Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial WMA. “We are excited to bring on David
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is joining other organizations in supporting the proposed management areas unveiled by the U.S. Forest Service for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, located in western North Carolina. The U.S. Forest Service is revising its Land Management Plan for Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, which will guide management activities for the next 10 to 15 years. As part of that process, the Forest Service has established two management areas, or zones, that encompass approximately 700,000 acres where activities, such as wildlife management, sustainable timber harvests, controlled burns or other measures, can be used to create
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New Jersey’s eagle population continued to climb in 2014, to 156 pairs. The number of young broke the 200 mark, with 201 fledging from 145 known-outcome nests. Eagles nest in all counties except Essex and Hudson. The report also highlights the movements of eagles being tracked with satellite tags. In their first years after leaving the nest, they are moving far and wide across the northeast, from Maine to Maryland. The satellite-tracked eagles reveal new information about eagle habitat use, foraging and roosting locations. For details about the continuing recovery of eagles in NJ, and the efforts of the NJDEP
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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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