Members of the IWJV/Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands Sage Capacity Team have been hard at work across the Intermountain West, making progress on habitat improvement projects within their local communities. Check out all these latest updates, including success in wet meadow restoration projects, ambitious conifer removal work, and an introduction to new faces on our team.
Read MorePartnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands, the IWJV's partnership with the BLM, welcomed thirteen new members of its Sage Capacity Team in a gathering in Salt Lake City in May. These new team members will expand community-based conservation capacity on behalf of the BLM's ecological restoration efforts, including within the BLM's Restoration Landscapes with help from the Inflation Reduction Act.
Read MoreIn this virtual workshop, hosted by University of Wyoming’s Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE), watchers will learn about guiding principles, strategic planning processes, tools, and tactics for managing invasive annual grass invasion in sagebrush country.
Read MoreYou have probably seen all the sagebrush conservation partnership jobs we’ve been flying over the past few months. Now it’s time to share the results! Meet these new Sage Capacity Team members.
Read MoreIn partnership with National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Wildlife Management Institute (WMI), we are seeking Rangeland Conservationist to enhance and conserve working lands, wildlife habitat, and healthy watersheds in the Northern Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Ranges of California.
Read MoreFor the BLM Fuels Management team out of Socorro, New Mexico, finding out what fuels treatments work and which ones need to be tweaked is a matter of being knowledgeable about the land and the processes at work on it.
Read MoreLow-intensity fire has kept ecosystems in southwest Montana in balance for thousands of years. The Southwest Montana Sagebrush Partnership is working to maintain that balance.
Read MoreFunding via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help heal wet meadows across the West, benefitting wildlife and communities. This story of a wetland restoration project in Utah highlights just one of many productive conservation partnerships West-wide.
Read MoreRecord-breaking snowpack across the Western states brought a burst of water to drought-stricken landscapes in the spring of 2023. While on assignment in southwest Montana in May and June, the IWJV team documented the spectacular profusion of wildflowers brought on by this spring’s hydrating snowmelt.
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