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Funding Accomplishments 2022

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, every NAWCA and National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grant proposal submitted by ACJV partners was funded! Read more about all [...]

By |2023-02-14T06:51:39-05:00February 10th, 2023|Accomplishments|

Webinar: From data to decision: Pathways for salt marsh conservation and restoration

Learn about conservation and restoration activities led by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary that highlight the interactive nature of monitoring, tool development, and interventions to inform goal-based site management.   Presenters Dr.  Joshua Moody is the Restoration Programs Manager at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. In this role he plans and manages a variety of projects including the [...]

By |2021-02-22T09:07:14-05:00February 22nd, 2021|Habitat Restoration, Webinars|

Webinar: UnVegetated Vegetated Marsh Ratio for Salt Marsh Management and Restoration

Learn the scientific basis of the UnVegetated-Vegetated marsh Ratio (UVVR), the methods used to derive it, and how it can be used to identify vulnerable marshes and appropriate restoration strategies. We will also demonstrate how to access the data via multiple platforms. Presenter: Neil Ganju is the lead of the Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems project at [...]

By |2021-02-22T07:45:14-05:00February 22nd, 2021|Habitat Restoration, Webinars|

Innovative Salt Marsh Restoration Project Launched in the Great Marsh of Massachusetts

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 [...]

By |2021-01-22T11:29:18-05:00January 19th, 2021|Habitat Restoration|

Black Rail Accomplishments 2020

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 [...]

By |2021-03-18T12:52:58-04:00January 19th, 2021|Accomplishments, Initiatives|

Funding Accomplishments

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 [...]

By |2021-01-19T10:34:06-05:00January 19th, 2021|Accomplishments, Initiatives|

Saltmarsh Sparrow Accomplishments 2020

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 [...]

By |2021-01-19T11:13:07-05:00January 19th, 2021|Initiatives|

American Black Duck Accomplishments 2020

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 [...]

By |2021-01-19T08:57:57-05:00January 19th, 2021|Accomplishments, Initiatives|
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