What is the Playa Lakes Joint Venture?
The Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) is a partnership of federal and state wildlife agencies, conservation groups, private industry and landowners dedicated to conserving bird habitats in the Southern Great Plains. We provide science-based guidance and decision-support tools for all-bird conservation throughout the region, as well as outreach, coordination and financial support to our partners and local groups to conduct on-the-ground habitat work. (More...)
What's New
CRP Provides Big Benefits for Many Mixed Grass Birds
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is doing more for some birds than any other conservation practice in the mixed-grass prairie, and loss of CRP would have a drastic impact on regional bird populations. These findings and more are part of a new wildlife Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) study conducted by the PLJV and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to quantify the effects of the CRP on priority birds in the mixed-grass Bird Conservation Region (BCR 19). (More...)
Climate Change Assessment Now Available
In an effort to conserve birds now and into the future, the PLJV conducted an assessment of the ongoing and predicted impacts of climate change on playas and other bird habitats in the region. The JV worked with Dr. John Matthews, Climate Adaptation Specialist for the World Wildlife Fund on the assessment, which is now available online.