Conserving Intermountain West Wetlands

Water & Wetlands

explore the habitat

Wetlands in the Intermountain West are inordinately valuable to wildlife and people.

Often found along the West’s waterways and valley bottoms, they support irrigated agriculture, provide vital habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife, sustain floodplain function, and recharge aquifers. However, wetlands are threatened by landscape drying, rural subdivision, invasive species, and competing water demands.

investing in the future

Sustaining migratory bird habitat requires intact wetlands and the water that shapes them.

Effective wetland conservation is only made possible by investing in the people and partnerships interwoven into land and water. The IWJV’s wetlands conservation work through the Water 4 program seeks to support wetland function in a way that benefits not only migratory birds but whole watersheds—and the people and wildlife that inhabit them.