The Rio Grande Joint Venture (RGJV) performs monitoring activities on private lands throughout its geography to understand how vegetation and/or bird abundance and diversity are changing in response to management actions designed to enhance and regenerate habitat. In 2024, we collected most monitoring data on properties enrolled in the South Texas Grassland Restoration Incentive Program […]
Continuing work on one of the JV’s earliest projects (funded originally by TPWD and NFWF in 2019) Jeff Bennett, Price Rumbelow, the Dixon Water Foundation, and Borderlands Research Institute collaborated in 2024 to restore this important wetland using Pittman-Robertson funding. The Property is located on the southern flank of the Davis Mountains and is comprised […]
The International Boundary and Water Commission US and Mexican sections signed Minute 331 (see ibwc.gov for details) on November 7, 2024, which among other things officially established a Rio Grande Environment Working Group. The formation of the RGEWG is a direct result of RGJV partners’ combined efforts to engage with the agency on recommendations for […]
The Rio Grande Joint Venture Management Board and staff met in the lovely town of Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in the Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on September 9 – 12, just as the town and the entire country was preparing for the upcoming 16 de septiembre holiday. Red, green and white bunting, Mexican flags, […]
The second Encuentro Ganadero del Desierto Chihuahuense event, led by our partners at Evaluación Integral y Restauración de Hábitat, was held Nov 14-15, 2024 in Chihuahua City, Mexico. The successful event was the result of the joint effort by Bird Conservation of the Rockies, Pronatura Noreste, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Rancho […]
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 […]
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