The people of the Intermountain
West are our greatest asset.
West are our greatest asset.
We believe in forging productive, lasting relationships built on trust and respect with a diversity of partners, fostering innovations in our work, and producing tangible, on-the-ground results for habitat conservation across private and public lands in the West.
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New Science! Wetland Benefits of Flood-Irrigated Grass Hay
Because flood-irrigated grass hay meadows are relatively rare on the landscape, this science is particularly powerful as a tool that shows where strategic conservation can have large effects.
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We're hiring!
The IWJV is looking to fill a number of partner capacity positions to deliver conservation across the Intermountain West.
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Storyteller's Circle
The IWJV is partnering with the Center for Collaborative Conservation to offer a free, bi-monthly workshop for conservation communicators.
Where We Work
The IWJV works in wetland, sagebrush, and forest landscapes across the 11 states of the Intermountain West.
Contact our State Conservation Partners to find out what’s happening in your state!
Our Approach to Collaborative Conservation
We focus on coordinating and implementing bird habitat conservation that benefits a wide range of other wildlife and people. Our conservation delivery efforts broker strong partnerships between private landowners, communities, states, federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and tribes to achieve targeted, science-based habitat conservation.
LATEST NEWS
BLM and IWJV Workshop Woodland Management in Colorado
IWJV hosted workshops in western Colorado with Bureau of Land Management staff focused on balancing management objectives in pinyon-juniper woodlands.
On the Arizona Strip, Now is the Time for Fire and Fuels Work
Collaborative fuels treatments on the Arizona Strip are helping partners manage the landscape for fire and robust populations of wildlife.
Celebrating Our Wetlands Work
In 2024, the IWJV's Water 4 program invested heavily in science, capacity, and communications to support wetlands conservation work across the region.