Playa Post, PLJV Web Site Get Face-Lift

You may notice a new look to the Playa Post and our web site. We've updated the design, created new features like funding and project databases, and added navigation tools like search to help you find what you are looking for. (MORE...)

Partners Submit Record Number of NAWCA Proposals

On March 2, the PLJV expects partners to submit four Standard North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) proposals – the most number of proposals that the Joint Venture has ever submitted during a single funding cycle. “This is sort of unusual for the Joint Venture. Partners generally submit one or two proposals every few years.” said PLJV Coordinator Mike Carter. “But we are expecting this trend of submitting one to four proposals every year to continue.” (MORE…)

PLJV Welcomes Megan McLachlan as GIS Team Leader

The PLJV’s newly-hired GIS Team Leader Megan McLachlan will be joining the Great Plains GIS Partnership office in Grand Island, Nebraska, later this month. McLachlan comes to the JV most recently from Oklahoma State University where she is nearing completion on her Master’s Thesis on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land as breeding bird habitat in the northern short grass prairie. (MORE…)

Birding is Booming in Southeast Colorado

Despite the threat of yet another blizzard in eastern Colorado, more than 100 determined birders made it to the 5th Annual Snow Goose Festival in Lamar Feb. 23-25. A line-up of great indoor events – including presentations from renowned birder and author Pete Dunne and the PLJV’s playa exhibit - kept bird watchers happy when they couldn’t get outside. (MORE…)

Regional News and Headlines

Featured Project: Playa Lakes Education Forum

The Playa Lakes Education Forum was a one-day workshop for landowners, educators and resource managers held July 12, 2006 in Broadview, New Mexico, and organized by the Curry County Soil and Water Conservation District. The forum led to several landowners enrolling their playas into the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Browse all 2006 projects.

Follow the Money: Colorado Wildlife Habitat Protection Program

The Colorado Division of Wildlife recently announced a request for applications for the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Protection Program. The program accepts applications that address species of concern, threatened and endangered species and wetland and riparian areas, among other priorities. Applications will be accepted through April 2, 2007. Browse all funding opportunities.

Happenings around the PLJV: Rivers and Wildlife Celebration

Gather with wildlife enthusiasts from around the world to celebrate the annual migration of 500,000 Sandhill Cranes and millions of waterfowl through central Nebraska at the Rivers and Wildlife Celebration March 16-18 in Kearney, Nebraska. Browse all upcoming events.

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