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General News

  • Laguna de Santiaguillo

    The Rio Grande Joint Venture management board, staff, and guests enjoyed a field trip to Laguna de Santiaguillo during the August board meeting and learned a lot about this very important wetland in the state of Durango, MX. Both Ducks Unlimited Mexico (DUMAC) and Pronatura Noreste, (PNE) along with many other local partners, are working […]

  • October 4, 2023 | Posted in: General News
  • RGJV in the Process of Designing Project Tracking Tool

    During the Rio Grande Joint Venture Board Meeting in Durango, Mexico, Science Coordinator Rebekah Rylander presented a rough draft of a project tracking tool that was created using Esri-based online applications. The goal of the project tracking tool is to provide RGJV partners a place to share general locations of where they are performing habitat […]

  • September 22, 2023 | Posted in: General News
  • PIF Public Awareness Award

    A BRIEF REPORT BY JESÚS FRANCO ON PIF PUBLIC AWARENESS AWARD FOR MUSEO DE LAS AVES DE MÉXICO, JUNE 3, 2023: On June 3, 2023, Jesús Franco of the Rio Grande Joint Venture and American Bird Conservancy presented, on behalf of Partners In Flight (PIF), the 2022 Partners In Flight Public Awareness Award to the […]

  • July 6, 2023 | Posted in: General News
  • RGJV’s 2023 Monitoring Program Expands to West Texas, Second Year in South Texas

    During the spring and summer of 2023, the Rio Grande Joint Venture’s science coordinator Rebekah Rylander initiated the joint venture’s first season of monitoring in west Texas and second season of monitoring in south Texas. The 7 treatment sites surveyed in west Texas were on private properties involved with the Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Partnership (CDCP), […]

  • June 30, 2023 | Posted in: General News
  • Employment Opportunity: Rio Grande Joint Venture (RGJV) Conservation Delivery Specialist

    Position Summary: Title:  Rio Grande Joint Venture (RGJV) Conservation Delivery Specialist Supervisor:   Rio Grande Joint Venture Habitat Restoration Hydrologist Job Type: Full-Time Salary: $65,000; Based on experience Location: Alpine, Texas Apply for this position here.  Introduction: The mission of American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is to conserve birds and their habitats – the places birds need to […]

  • March 28, 2023 | Posted in: General News
  • Mexico Workshops from RGJV, Pronatura Noreste and Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

    Early in 2023, the Rio Grande Joint Venture partnered with Pronatura Noreste and Bird Conservancy of the Rockies to host three workshops throughout the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands in Mexico. The focus of these workshops was to gather local landowners, ranchers, members of ejidos, governmental agencies, NGOs, academics, and other experts to discuss threats and species […]

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