Pacific birds habitat joint venture brings people together who are doing important things for birds as a facilitator and convener, we know that collaboration yields the best results for strategic…

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded Ducks Unlimited Inc. a $710,902 Cooperative Agreement under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) for the period of September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. As the coordinator for the Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture, Ducks Unlimited will facilitate collaboration among partners conducting conservation activities for migratory birds. Key deliverables include strategic planning, project delivery, communications, and reporting acres of conserved bird habitat annually to the USFWS and Congress. Ducks Unlimited will also support partner organizations, promote collaboration, and connect on-the-ground projects to the goals of major bird conservation initiatives to help partners secure funding and sustain habitats across species' life cycles.

Pacific birds habitat joint venture brings people together who are doing important things for birds as a facilitator and convener, we know that collaboration yields the best results for strategic planning, funding, project delivery and communications, and we report the acres of bird habitats conserved to the USFWS and congress on an annual basis joint venture partners work to keep common species common and address the needs of species of conservation concern due to small distributions, high threats, or declining populations partnerships are the backbone to the joint ventures joint ventures cultivate and support partnerships that protect and restore habitat for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people joint ventures consider the biological and ecological aspects of birds and habitat, as well as the social science that is the foundation for the human dimensions of conservation pacific birds coordinators work for the partnership we communicate the information that partners need in their work and plan at the landscape level to ensure that migratory birds have the habitats they need across flyways we support organizations and promote collaboration we showcase partner projects, knowing that public support is key to the work ahead pacific birds partners connect on the ground projects with the conservation goals of the major bird initiatives this helps partners secure funding and sustain bird habitats across life cycles