The threats that affect priority grassland areas vary greatly in their nature dimension and scope therefore to increase the resilience of the janos gpca and reduce its vulnerability to these threats…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish & Wildlife Service awarded a $878,353 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico. This two-year grant from July 2024 to June 2026 will support comprehensive efforts to increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of the Janos GPCA grasslands in Mexico. Key activities include:

• Protecting 17,526 acres of priority grassland properties through legal mechanisms to prevent agricultural encroachment
• Implementing management and restoration activities on 3,597 acres across four properties
• Conducting bird population surveys on 11 key properties to update density information
• Supporting the International Grassland Congress in Chihuahua in 2025 and organizing the 4th Encuentro Ganadero event for 80 local producers
• Enhancing local grassland management capacities through training events for 20 landowners on financial ranch management, the Chihuahuan Desert grassland project guide, and Google Earth usage

This grant aims to conserve migratory bird habitats, promote sustainable land use, and build local conservation capabilities within the Janos GPCA region of Mexico.

The threats that affect priority grassland areas vary greatly in their nature dimension and scope therefore to increase the resilience of the janos gpca and reduce its vulnerability to these threats IT is intended to adopt a conservation approach based on comprehensive management of the land seeking a balance between economic activities society and the landscape. In this proposal we pretend to focus the conservation efforts on key grassland properties inside the janos gpca and under the influence zone of janos NPA protecting 17526 AC with legal mechanisms to prevent the agricultural border to invade grasslands also to promote the correct use of rangelands we will implement management and restoration activities within four properties impacting 3597 AC. With the purpose to update bird densities information surveys will be done in 11 key properties at a ranch level scale we will carry on a big outreach effort by supporting the international grassland congress held in chihuahua in 2025 expecting at least 200 attendees and in collaboration with bird conservancy of the rockies we will organize the 4TH encuentro ganadero also in the city of chihuahua expecting at least 80 producers. Finally we propose to enhance the local grassland management capacities and promote the adoption of better practices throughout different approaches organize a private ranching for profit training event for 20 landowners focused on effective financial ranch management we will also held two training events on the guide for accompaniment grassland projects in the chihuahuan desert and will give them a printed version of the document lastly we are going to organize a google earth training course for landowners.