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New Joint Venture website!
The National Joint Venture Communications, Education, and Outreach Team recently completed a brand new website for the North American Migratory Bird Joint Ventures.
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Eighteen years of wetland and bird conservation training in Mexico
Since 1996, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has been implementing wetlands conservation workshops in Mexico.
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Conserving American Oystercatcher in northwest Mexico
The American Oystercatcher is a large and charismatic shorebird that lives on sandy beaches, islands, and coastal wetlands of the temperate and subtropical zones of the Western Hemisphere.
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The State of the Birds 2013: Report on Private Lands in the U.S.
When land does well for its owner, and the owner does well by his land; when both end up better by reason of their partnership, we have conservation. —Aldo Leopold, The Farmer as a Conservationist On July 2, 2013 the 2013 U.S. State of the Birds Report was released, the nation’s first review
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Notes from the field: Prescott College’s waterbird monitoring program in the Gulf of California, Mexico
By Emily Wittman Trudging through waist high water, losing shoes in 12 inch deep mud flats, kayaking to remote sections of estuaries, and feeling the breeze whipping against your face on the boat ride to Isla Alcatraz are all in a day’s work if you are a Research and Conservation Fellow for the Waterbird Monitoring
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Wetlands and Bird Conservation: an Introduction
In early February 2013, thirty attendees took part in a workshop about wetlands and bird conservation in Mexico. The workshop was organized by Sonora’s Commission of Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEDES), in collaboration with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and with support of the Sonoran Joint Venture and Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y
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Partner Spotlight: Identifying threats to overwintering grassland birds in Chihuahua, Mexico
Since 2007 SJV partner Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory has been leading a binational effort to inventory and monitor wintering grassland bird populations in the most important grasslands in the Chihuahuan Desert. This project has produced, for the first time, rigorous information on the distribution, density, and habitat use of nearly 30 grassland species throughout most
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The 2008 Veracruz Model: An Innovative Approach of Training, Stewardship, and Capacity Building for Wetland Conservation in Mexico
Project Description Since 1996, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has partnered with various wetland organizations and scientists from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and the Ramsar Convention, to offer training opportunities for wetland managers in Mexico. On February 4-17, 2008, the 10th Wetlands Training Course will take place in the State of Sinaloa,
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The Desert Bird Conservation Plan
Project Description Migrant and resident bird populations of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, and northwest Mexico face numerous threats. As development increases across these habitats, local and federal agencies will require a comprehensive guide for managing affected bird communities of the deserts. The Desert Bird Conservation Plan (BCP)
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