PLJV Management Board Holds Follow-up Retreat

The PLJV Management Board recently held a follow-up retreat in Omaha, Nebraska to the retreat held in the summer of 2007. Having another retreat-style meeting offered board members and PLJV staff the opportunity to hold in-depth discussions on issues affecting the region as well as to review the accomplishments from the past year... (MORE)

New Farm Bill Maintains and Improves Conservation Programs

National farm bill legislation can have broad implications for grassland and wetland birds and their habitat in the PLJV region. The result of the recently passed 2008 Farm Bill is no exception and impacts many conservation programs. The bill’s overall impact to bird conservation is generally positive, providing a slight increase of funding for several conservation programs while maintaining others... (MORE)

New Mexico NRCS Program to Protect Expiring CRP Acres

Pressures such as higher commodity prices are being placed on producers to take Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields out of grass and put back into production. Many CRP fields are set to expire within the next four years. There is a growing concern among conservationists about the amount of land that will stay in the CRP. The New Mexico Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is taking an innovative approach to stem the flow of CRP fields going back into crop production, while at the same time helping ranchers by using farm bill programs not normally associated with CRP... (MORE)

KGLC Range Schools Planned for August

The Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition (KGLC), a nonprofit with the vision of regenerating Kansas grazing lands, is hosting two range schools in August. One will be August 12-14 in eastern Kansas at White Memorial Camp in Morris County and the other in western Kansas at Camp Aldrich in Barton County set for August 19-21. These range schools are supported by a PLJV Capacity Grant... (MORE)

Regional News and Resources:

Featured Project: Shaffer Playa, Oklahoma

This project involved the protection and restoration of a 40-acre playa and 172 acres of associated uplands on private farmland near Gate, Oklahoma, for the benefit of waterfowl, shorebird and waterbird species of concern such as Northern Pintail, Long-billed Curlew and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Browse all projects.

Featured Grant: NAWCA Standard Grants

Final proposals for the second round of 2008 North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants are due August 1. Interested in submitting a project for 2009? The PLJV can help. Browse all funding opportunities.

Happenings around the PLJV: Chico Basin Ranch Native Grass Workshop

The Chico Basin Ranch, 40 miles east of Colorado Springs, Colorado, will be hosting an intensive native grass workshop July 15 and 16. Browse all upcoming events.

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