Playa Post - 2010

Vol. 8, Issue 7: August 2010

  • Small Window of Opportunity for CRP General Sign-up
  • Hallmarks of a Successful Decision Support System
  • The Relationship Between Playas and the Ogallala Aquifer

Vol. 8, Issue 6: July 2010

  • Texas Water Development Board Needs Volunteers for Playa Monitoring Network
  • "First of Its Kind" Outdoor Playa Classroom Opened on June 8
  • Help Educate Stakeholders about the Relationship Between Playas and the Ogallala Aquifer

Vol. 8, Issue 5: June 2010

  • GPLCC Funds Priority Science Projects in the Southern Great Plains
  • Five Initiatives to Conserve the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Allan Janus Joins the Playa Lakes Joint Venture GIS Team

Vol. 8, Issue 4: May 2010

  • Colorado Water Users and Waterfowl Benefit from NAWCA Grant
  • PLJV Selected to Implement the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative
  • Wanted: Have You Seen This Bird?

Vol. 8, Issue 3: April 2010

  • CRP General Signup and New Acres Not Enough to Help Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Q&A About Lesser Prairie-Chickens and the Endangered Species Act
  • Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) Look at the Big Picture
  • Playa Lakes Joint Venture Seeks GIS Analyst

Vol. 8, Issue 2: March 2010

  • Texas NRCS Is Looking for 50,000 Acres to Enroll in Wetlands Reserve Program
  • Coordinated Effort Has Large-scale Results
  • PLJV Reports on How Regional Efforts Contribute to International Conservation Plans
  • Weekly Radio Program Showcases What's Happening in Playa Country

Vol. 8, Issue 1: January 2010

  • PLJV Capacity Grant Helps Fund ‘Personal Contact’ to Increase Interest in Wetlands Conservation
  • Mapping Tool Targets Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Reclamation Efforts in New Mexico
  • Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Initiative Gains Support
  • Project BEAK Offers Fun, Interactive Bird Education

Playa Post - 2009

Vol. 7, Issue 7: December 2009

  • CRP Grasslands Tour Provides Opportunity for Education & Discussion
  • Wind Energy & Conservation: Working Together for Better Solutions
  • Restore New Mexico Partners Target Areas for Restoration

Vol. 7, Issue 6: September 2009

  • SCIENCE NEWS: High Plains RC&D Using Creative Approaches to Remove Eastern Red Cedar in Oklahoma
  • MAPPING PROGRAMS: Long-Billed Curlew Study in Western Nebraska Showing Progress
  • CONSERVATION INITIATIVES: PLJV and USDA Partner to Study Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on Priority Shortgrass Prairie Birds

Vol. 7, Issue 5: July 2009

  • RESEARCH NEWS: Recharge Rates and Chemistry Beneath Playas of the High Plains Aquifer—A Literature Review and Synthesis
  • CONSERVATION EFFORTS: Repairing Playa Pits on the Kiowa/Rita Blanca Grasslands—A Q & A With Nancy Walls, District Ranger

Vol. 7, Issue 4: June 2009

  • POLICY UPDATE: Expiring CRP Mailing Has Positive Response in Kansas
  • MAPPING NEWS: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Offers Tool to Protect Critical Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat
  • POLICY NEWS: Some Conservation Reserve Program Contracts Up in September Offered Extensions
  • SCIENCE UPDATE: Comprehensive Texas Drought Information Web Site Launched
  • CONSERVATION UPDATE: More Than $23 Million in Federal Grants and Matching Funds going to Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds and Habitat
  • PROGRAM NEWS: Sign Up For Grassland Reserve Program
  • State Legislative and Nebraska Environmental Trust Have a Field Day

Vol. 7, Issue 3: May 2009

  • POLICY NEWS: Kansas Lawmaker Conducts Annual ‘Conservation Tour’
  • POLICY UPDATE: New Field Guide to Farm Bill Available
  • SCIENCE NEWS: National Wildlife Organizations Convene Conference to Address Climate Change
  • MAPPING NEWS: Center for Geospatial Technology at Texas Tech University to Launch Website of Ogallala Aquifer Maps and Data
  • SCIENCE UPDATE: WILDLIFE—90 Years of Bird-Watching Notes Becoming Available to PLJV
  • OUTREACH UPDATE: EnCana and Colorado DOW Produce Wildlife Video
  • POLICY NEWS: Senate Bill Introduced to Conserve Rapidly Disappearing Migratory Birds

Vol. 7, Issue 2: April 2009

  • CONSERVATION CAPACITY: Secretary Salazar Releases Study Showing Widespread Declines in Bird Populations, Highlights Role of Partnerships in Conservation
  • POLICY NEWS: ASWM Stimulus Bill Implementation Web Page Includes Wetlands
  • SCIENCE UPDATE: On the Move—Birds and Climate Change
  • SCIENCE NEWS: Threats to the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Grow
  • PROGRAM NEWS: American Wind Wildlife Institute
  • POLICY UPDATE: Appropriations Bill Helps Ogallala Aquifer
  • PROGRAM NEWS: Having a Field Day—Western Kansas Wetlands

Vol. 7, Issue 1: March 2009

  • CONSERVATION CAPACITY: Contagious Conservation Equals Contiguous Conservation—A Q & A with Seth Gallagher, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
  • SCIENCE UPDATE: Not Easy Being Green—A Report on Wind Energy’s Implications on the Lesser-Prairie Chicken Population
  • POLICY NEWS: PLJV Signs Agreement With Farm Services Agency
  • MAPPING PROGRAMS: How CRP Expirations Will Open Up County Caps