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IWJV Strategic Plan
Our Guide in Conservation IWJV’s Strategic Plan The Intermountain West Joint Venture’s (IWJV) Strategic Plan guides our long-term work. The Plan is written to ensure quick adaptation to unanticipated challenges and meet opportunities as they arise while maintaining mission focus. The Plan reflects the complex nature of social and ecological systems within the IWJV landscape…
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How Changing Landscapes Drive Mule Deer Declines—And What We Can Do About It
How Changing Landscapes Drive Mule Deer Declines—And What We Can Do About It In the journal Ecological Applications, a recently published paper looks at mule deer population trends in Wyoming. Called “Integrating climate and anthropogenic dynamics can inform multifaceted management for declining mule deer populations,” a few of the paper’s co-authors answered questions about their…
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Boosting the Bottom Line
Field Notes Boosting the Bottom Line By Montana MacConnell, Idaho Cattle Association Montana works as the Member Programs & Services Manager for the Idaho Cattle Association. A partnership between the Intermountain West Joint Venture, Idaho Cattle Association, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Idaho is helping to connect ranchers to Farm Bill programs…
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IWJV’s Conservation Approaches
Our Vision: An Intermountain West where people, birds, and other wildlife thrive. The IWJV philosophy can simply be described as a deep recognition that people are fundamental to the story of conservation in the West. People dedicated to working lands, both public and private, compose a huge part of our organizational landscape and are core to…
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Helping Woodlands & Fighting Fire with the Dawson Project
The Dawson Project tests pinyon-juniper woodland silvicultural treatments in southwest Colorado In Southwest Colorado, fuels specialists and researchers have come together to experimentally evaluate different silvicultural treatments for enhancing pinyon-juniper ecosystem health and reducing fire risk. This interdisciplinary team has implemented replicated silvicultural treatments that vary in spatial complexity and amount of thinning in pinyon-juniper…
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Here are the Recipients of the IWJV 2024 Conservation Partner Awards
Each year, the Intermountain West Joint Venture recognizes individuals and organizations who are doing excellent habitat conservation work around the region. For a list of past award winners, click here. Theresa bates, Christina beaty, & Laura hillenbrand, U.s. fish and wildlife service mountain-prairie region migratory bird administrative staff IWJV Conservation Partner Award—Operations presented by the…
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The Sagebrush Tells the Story
Field Notes The Sagebrush Tells the Story By Sarah Leal, Susanville Rangeland Conservationist Sarah Leal is a Rangeland Conservationist in Susanville, California and a member of the IWJV’s Wetlands Capacity Team. She assists the Natural Resources Conservation Service in establishing conservation plans on farms, ranches, and other private lands to enhance soil, water, plants, wildlife…
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Defend YOUR Core: An Invasive Annual Grasses Story
Imagine a landscape that is completely dominated by cheatgrass. Instead of native grasses, wildflowers, sagebrush, and the call of songbirds, picture a monoculture of dried non-native grasses, mostly devoid of life and ready to ignite from the smallest spark. If we do not act, this could be the future of much of our western rangelands.…
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Social Media in Conservation: A Good Thing, Maybe
By Megan McGrath – IWJV Sagebrush Communications Specialist When you work in conservation, social media can honestly seem a little silly. In our jobs and in our personal interests, we talk all day with people who supervise ecological indicators like the health of plants and streams. In an increasingly digital age, we are blessedly immersed…
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2025 IWJV Fact Sheets
2025 IWJV Fact Sheets The IWJV Fact Sheets provide an overview of the IWJV’s landscape-focused programs we work on in the West. They showcase the three priority habitats, highlight some key components that make each program successful in collaborative conservation, and provide a snapshot of the programs’ achievements from working with our dedicated partners to…
