HERO ELEMENT
Restoring Wetlands Through Partnership-Driven Collaboration
- Scientists – informing conservation and management decisions
- Funders – providing the needed dollars to help turn visions into reality
- Project Managers – working on-the-ground, where the work really happens
- Advocates – publicly recommending and supporting wetland restoration
- Decision makers – holding the key to getting projects done
Habitat Delivery
How We Do It
- Collaboration and Coordination – “We provide forums for the sharing of ideas and information to foster innovation and creative approaches to conservation” – with meeting/people photo
- Find Funding – “We secure, increase and find funding that helps our partners realize their vision and goals.”
- Project Tracking – “We have the birds eye view on all active, completed and pending wetland conservation projects around the Bay”
- Share our Story (could link to videos, partner features, or project features) – “We celebrate and share, news, events, employment opportunities and successes of our partnership
We focus our attention where we can make the most difference
- Sediment Supply
- Climate Resilience
- Adaptive Management
- State of our Birds
Get your feet wet! There are many ways to be involved with bird and habitat conservation.
Conservation News Around The Bay
Beth Huning, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Coordinator 2001 – 2018, Inducted into California Waterfowler’s Hall of Fame
It is with great joy that we celebrate Beth Huning’s induction into California Waterfowler’s Hall of Fame. The California Fish and Game Commission established the Waterfowler’s Hall of Fame in 1999 to recognize leaders for their significant contributions to protecting waterfowl and their habitats across California. The 2023 inductees also include Daniel P. Connelly, Joseph
DC Debrief: Migratory Bird Joint Venture Fly In 2024
The DC “Fly In” occurs at the beginning of each calendar year and is organized by the Association of Joint Venture Management Boards to advocate for funding and support of the Migratory Bird Joint Venture Program (MBJV), a tri-national program with 23 habitat and three species Joint Ventures. During the week of March 4th, 2024,
How to request money from the Federal Government: Programmatic Appropriations & Community Project Funding
Submitting an appropriations request Submitting appropriations requests to senators and representatives is an important part of our Migratory Bird Joint Venture DC Fly-In – it’s how we officially request the funding we advocate for during member meetings in DC. Physically showing up in DC is a critical part to the MBJV advocacy process. Yet, it