Members of the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture (CHJV) formed a partnership, beginning in 2000, to elevate emphasis on bird conservation within the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region (CHBCR). More specifically, the partnership works to implement the conservation objectives of the various national and international bird conservation plans that fall under the auspices of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI). The CHJV is one of 21 such partnerships across the US and Canada dedicated to bird conservation.

The partnership seeks to base conservation actions on sound science and the principles of adaptive management, and to target landscapes with the greatest ecological and socioeconomic potential to support viable populations of priority birds in four general habitat types: grasslands, grass-shrublands, forest-woodlands, and wetlands.

To achieve its goals, the partnership brings together the jurisdictional commitment and collective energies, talents and expertise of the state and federal agencies with management responsibilities within the CHJV boundaries. The coordination provided through the CHJV partnership will facilitate bird conservation planning at the highest level of efficiency and enable the partners to achieve the delivery of conservation in a synergistic and effective manner. The benefits of this partnership include:

1) Shared purpose,
2) Increased resources,
3) Shared efficiency,
4) Innovative solutions,
5) Better communication,
6) Increased public support, and
7) Increased organizational morale and image.

How You Can Help

The base funding for Joint Ventures comes from a line item in the Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service budget. If you support what we do, the best way to help is to contact your members of Congress and let them know that the cooperative conservation that Joint Ventures carry out is valuable to you.