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Working with Partners to Conserve Birds and Bird Habitat
The Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) is a regional partnership of federal and state wildlife agencies, conservation groups and private industry dedicated to conserving bird habitat throughout the western Great Plains — including portions of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. We provide science-based planning tools, decision support tools and outreach to help habitat managers become more efficient and effective at delivering on-the-ground conservation. Read more about PLJV >> Tools to Help Prioritize PlayasPlaya Lakes Joint Venture is developing a Playa Decision Support System (DSS), which will help to maximize the conservation of playas by guiding conservation actions toward and potential negative impacts away from the most ecologically valuable playas. Learn more >> Listen to Playa Country RadioLesser Prairie-Chicken and Vertical Structures Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Protect Highly Erodible CroplandTo help with landowner outreach efforts, PLJV conducted an analysis to identify highly erodible cropland in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken range. With this tool, USDA personnel and Farm Bill Wildlife Biologists can find fields likely to qualify and approach landowners to tell them it. Read more >> CRP General Sign-up in MayBeginning on May 20, the US Department of Agriculture will hold a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. This is a good opportunity to enroll expiring or new acres of marginal, highly erodible land into the Conservation Reserve; however, like all opportunities, the details are important. Read more >> |