Photo: Greater Yellowlegs

"A common, tall, long-legged shorebird of freshwater ponds and tidal marshes, the Greater Yellowlegs frequently announces its presence by its piercing alarm calls." Learn more about this and other birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds website. Photo courtesy of Tom Grey.

Local Partnerships

Local Conservation Partnership Contacts

There are many grassroots alliances of landowners, resource managers and community leaders working to conserve wildlife habitat within the Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) region. To get involved, contact one of the local conservation partnerships in your area.

COLORADO

Prairie and Wetland Focus Area Committee (southeast CO)
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Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
230 Cherry St.
Ft Collins, CO 80521
(970) 482-1707

South Platte River Focus Area Committee (northeast CO)
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4407 29th Street, Suite 300
Greeley CO 80634-8703

KANSAS

Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams (all of western KS)
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Coordinator, Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams
PO Box 236
McPherson, KS 67460-0236
(620) 241-6921
www.kaws.org

Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition
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2703 Derenda Drive
Hutchinson, KS 67502-2021
620-241-3636
www.kglc.org

NEBRASKA

Platte River Basin Environments (North Platte River watershed)
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P. O. Box 2308
Scotts Bluff, NE 69363-2308
(888) 632-7004

NEW MEXICO

Sandhills Partnership (eastern NM)
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The Nature Conservancy of New Mexico
#1 Pueblo Pointe
Clovis, NM 88101
(575) 762-6997

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance (all of western OK)
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PO Box 483
Buffalo, OK 73834
(580) 735-2322
www.owpha.org

TEXAS

Sandhills Area Recreation Association (Bailey, Cochran, Hockley and Lamb Counties)
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Wes-Tex RC&D
PO Box 968
Littlefield, TX 79339
(806-863-3159)

Ogallala Commons
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P.O. Box 346
Nazareth, TX 79063
806-945-2255
www.ogallalacommons.org

MULTI-STATE

Central Shortgrass Prairie Partnership (eastern CO, western KS, NE and OK Panhandle and parts of eastern WY and NM)
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The Nature Conservancy of Colorado
1430 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 996-1896

Ogallala Commons (entire playa lakes region)
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P.O. Box 346
Nazareth, TX 79063
806-945-2255
www.ogallalacommons.org