This illustrated video breaks down recent science that shows how flood-irrigated grass hay practices in the Intermountain West provide vital wetland habitat for migratory birds, as well as benefits for fisheries and other wildlife, people, and overall watershed resiliency.
A new article in Western Confluence magazine explores the places where flood irrigation might be doing more good than harm.
Utah's Strategic Funding Pools model allows Natural Resources Conservation Service dollars to be spent on projects that meet local needs—for people and for wildlife.
NRCS funding for low-tech restoration tools like beaver dam analogs is helping landowners support watersheds that feed the Great Salt Lake.
This science is particularly powerful as a tool that shows where strategic conservation can have large effects.
Funding via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help heal wet meadows across the West, benefitting wildlife and communities. This story of one wetland restoration project in Utah highlights just one of many productive conservation partnerships West-wide.
In the Bear River Watershed, collaborative partnerships make conservation easements an easier choice for landowners.
The IWJV organized a four-day tour of the Bear River Watershed to connect journalists to people and place.
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Intermountain West Joint Venture
1001 S. Higgins Avenue, Suite A2
Missoula, MT 59801
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Established in 1994, the IWJV’s mission is to conserve and enhance bird habitats at meaningful scales through capacity building, science, communications, and strategic partnerships.
CONTACT US
Intermountain West Joint Venture 1001
S. Higgins Avenue, Suite A1
Missoula, MT 59801.
ABOUT US
Established in 1994, the IWJV’s mission is to conserve priority bird habitats through partnership-driven, science-based projects and programs.
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iwjv@iwjv.org
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