General Updates New ACJV Video! Healing the Salt Marsh We are excited to share a new video, Restoring Salt Marsh Ecosystems in the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture. This was produced in partnership with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and showcases a variety of salt marsh restoration work across the Northeast. The video focuses on [...]
ACJV partners are working to heal centuries of damage due to ditching, draining, and diking of coastal marsh habitats. Restoring tidal hydrology and building marsh elevation through restoration practices builds marsh resiliency and provides protection to communities that are increasingly vulnerable to sea level rise and stronger coastal storms. [...]
It's been a while since you have heard from us and we have several important updates. STAFF UPDATES We are excited to announce that Deb Reynolds, our recently retired Communications Coordinator, has returned to the Joint Venture as a contractor. After leaving USFWS, Deb started her own business, Chirp & Tell Communications, and is [...]
Letter from the Coordinator The past year has been another banner year for coastal marsh and flagship species conservation. Funding resources offered through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act continued to support significant coastal marsh restoration and coastal resiliency work - benefits that extend well beyond birds to fish, communities [...]
Coastal Marsh Restoration: An Ecosystem approach for the Mid-Atlantic In 2024 we co-authored a document with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and partners within the US Fish and Wildlife Service to address and highlight shared goals for ecosystem restoration to benefit coastal marsh organisms including (but not limited to) our flagship species. [...]
NAWCA Grants Benefit Black Duck American Black Duck benefits greatly–perhaps more than any other species–from our partners’ NAWCA grant projects in the ACJV. Maine, which contains high-quality breeding habitat as well as staging and wintering habitat (along the coast) has seen tremendous NAWCA-related accomplishments in recent years. The latest projects approved in Maine will [...]
It Was a Great Year for Salt Marsh Conservation Funding! Several new or ongoing grants were secured to assist ACJV partner efforts to conserve land, implement restoration projects, and test promising management actions outlined in our conservation plans. For the third year in a row, we expect that every National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grant [...]
Black Rail Adaptive Management Project The ACJV and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with support from East Carolina University, are engaged with partners in a multi-year collaborative project to develop an adaptive management framework to evaluate two approaches to habitat management for Black Rails. The first approach involves assessing the relative effects of fire and [...]
Letter from the Coordinator The past year has been a banner year for salt marsh conservation. With the release of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, coastal resiliency projects have received unprecedented attention and financial support. Salt marsh restoration is critical to achieving a wide range of coastal resiliency goals. [...]
Recommendations for Monitoring Saltmarsh Sparrows on Salt Marsh Restoration Projects Saltmarsh Sparrow Restoration Monitoring Guidance This year the ACJV worked with the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program, the USFWS Coastal and Migratory Bird Programs, and Ducks Unlimited to develop guidance for monitoring Saltmarsh Sparrows at restoration sites. This document includes suggestions [...]
