Pacific birds brings people together who are doing important things for birds

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $780,985.00 and funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, supports the work of the Pacific Birds Migratory Bird Joint Venture (CFDA 15.637). Through this agreement, the non-profit organization Ducks Unlimited Inc. serves as the facilitator and convener, bringing together partners to collaborate on strategic planning, funding, project delivery, and communications related to the conservation of migratory bird habitats. Key activities include coordinating information-sharing, planning at the landscape level to ensure migratory birds have needed habitats, supporting partner organizations, and showcasing partner projects to promote public support. Ducks Unlimited leverages its expertise in wetland conservation and mapping to support the Joint Venture's goals of protecting, restoring, and enhancing wetland and upland ecosystems for migratory bird conservation.

As a facilitator andconvener, we know that collaboration yields the best results for strategic planning, funding, projectdelivery and communications, and we report the acres of bird habitats conserved to the USFWS andcongress on an annual basis.pacific birds coordinators work on behalf of the partnership. We communicate the information thatpartners need in their work, and plan at the landscape level to ensure that migratory birds have thehabitats they need across flyways. We support organizations and promote collaboration. Weshowcase 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 birdinitiatives. This helps partners secure funding and sustain bird habitats across life cycles.