To conserve birds and their habitats across the Río Grande Joint Venture region of the U.S. and Mexico
The Rio Grande Joint Venture brings people together across three Bird Conservation Regions to conserve ecosystems that support thriving and diverse communities of birds, other wildlife, and people.
Scientific Name: Geothlypis trichas
Population: 81 million
Trend: Decreasing
Habitat: Breeds in thick vegetation, especially in marshy areas. Winters in a wide variety of shrubby habitats.
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 . . . Read More
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 . . . Read More
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 . . . Read More