Ditch remediation. USFWS/Aimee Weldon A newly approved NAWCA grant will enable The Trustees of Reservations and several partners to restore 916 acres of the Great Marsh, spanning several ownerships, using a combination of innovative, low-impact restoration strategies identified in the ACJV’s Saltmarsh Sparrow Conservation Plan. Restoration strategies include ditch remediation, runneling (digging shallow [...]
Black Rail Conservation Plan The ACJV published the Black Rail Conservation Plan in July 2020. This is the first ever comprehensive plan to conserve Black Rails. The plan lays out six priority strategies needed to achieve a sustainable population of 2,500 breeding pairs of Black Rails. Of particular note is that the plan focuses most [...]
The goal of Joint Venture planning efforts is to inform and catalyze conservation on the ground. With our partners, we are actively pursuing opportunities to accelerate implementation projects that address the highest priority plan objectives at a regional scale. Over the past year, our plans have helped to bring in several large grants. The past two [...]
Saltmarsh Sparrow Plan The ACJV published its Saltmarsh Sparrow Conservation Plan in September 2020. This plan builds upon the strategies developed in the Salt Marsh Bird Conservation Plan. Nearly all of the strategies from that plan are included in the Saltmarsh Sparrow Plan in addition to several new strategies that are specific to Saltmarsh Sparrow [...]
American Black Duck Conservation Plan The American Black Duck was once the most abundant dabbling duck in eastern North America. Black duck populations began declining steadily in the 1950s and reached an all-time low by the 1980s, having lost more than half of their historical population. Populations have stabilized since then, but they remain below [...]
Red Knot. USFWS The Georgia Dept of Natural Resources (GADNR), with many conservation partners, is in the process of protecting 26,278 acres of salt marshes, tidal creeks, freshwater wetlands, maritime forests, and longleaf pine and wiregrass savannah in coastal Georgia. Located just across the Intracoastal Waterway from Cumberland Island National Seashore, Cabin Bluff [...]
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is working with partners to permanently protect 8,884 acres of land--the largest privately-held land holding--on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The Delmarva Peninsula is a hemispherically-significant region that supports migratory stopover habitat for millions of birds each year. Newly protected land on the Delmarva Peninsula. VADWR Heralded [...]
From the Coordinator ACJV Coordinator, Aimee Weldon The last year has been full of challenges for everyone, both personally and professionally. We have had to learn new ways to teach our children, buy groceries, and plan a meeting. While we have all had low days, it’s the high days and our many incredible [...]
November 12, 2020 A three-for-one webinar! Join for an overview of three new products developed to support saltmarsh sparrow conservation. The Service's Saltmarsh Sparrow Current Conditions Report, which comprehensively evaluates the current condition of the species and their habitat and describes the factors impacting them The Atlantic Coast Joint Venture's Saltmarsh Sparrow Conservation Plan, which outlines specific actions that land [...]
March 11, 2020 Tune in for an overview of the work of the Regional Saltmarsh Sparrow Team and the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture to ramp up conservation for Saltmarsh Sparrow. We will discuss species conservation resources for staff, invite questions and ideas for future webinars, and share next steps for the regional team. Who should [...]
