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Without Boundaries: A Partnership of Fire, Water, and Forest Health
Explore this feature story about the Two Watersheds – Three Rivers – Two States Cohesive Strategy Partnership (2-3-2 Partnership), a collaborative effort between many groups invested in the ecological and social health of a five-million-acre landscape. Story and photos by Hannah Nikonow, IWJV Communications and Marketing Coordinator There’s a place that spans three rivers and…
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IWJV Management Board looks at Western Forests on New Mexico tour
The IWJV’s Management Board met in Santa Fe, New Mexico in early April and had a fantastic field tour focused on forestry topics. The tour started off with a visit to the Santa Clara Pueblo to look at riparian restoration and post-fire erosion prevention projects and then visited the Puye Cliff Dwellings. Staff from the…
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Wind River Restoration: Cooperative Effort Puts Funding to Work Against Cheatgrass
“What do you see?” It’s the question Mark Hogan likes to ask when he brings partners to experience large-scale conservation projects on the Wind River Reservation. The answer to Hogan’s question? Everything. Sagebrush, forbs, bunchgrasses, footprints from big game herds, and everything else that indicates a healthy and connected shrub-steppe landscape. This landscape is defined…
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Restoring Satus Wildlife Area
Tucked away on the banks of the Yakima River is a series of old oxbows and side channels where Cascadian snowmelt spreads out and slows down during spring’s floods. From a distance, this spot is only marked by the canopies of giant cottonwoods poking above the rows of corn and hops for which this watershed…
