Resources
Science-based Conservation Planning
The JV8 Business Plan incorporates the conservation planning efforts of the eight JVs and frameworks of numerous partners. Each JV uses science-based practices and partnerships to support habitat conservation for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people. The list below identifies the range of JV implementation and action plans, and other planning resources that guide regional and local grassland habitat projects.
JV8 and Joint Venture Plans
- JV8 Business Plan
- JV8 Business Plan Brochure (English)
- JV8 Business Plan Brochure (Spanish)
- Northern Great Plains Joint Venture 5-Year Action Plan 2022-2027
- Northern Great Plains Joint Venture Grassland Bird Conservation Objectives 2016 – 2026
- Oaks and Prairies Grassland Bird Conservation Business Plan
- Playa Lakes Joint Venture Grassland Goals
- Playa Lakes Joint Venture Bird Data to Inform Conservation
- Prairie Habitat Joint Venture Prairie Parklands Science and Planning
- Prairie Pothole Joint Venture 2017 Implementation Plan and Resources
- Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Landbird Plan 2022
- Rainwater Basin Habitat Regions
- Rio Grande Joint Venture Strategic Plan, 2023 – 2027
- Sonoran Joint Venture Strategic Plan 2023
- Sonoran Joint Venture Conservation Implementation Plan (in process)
Additional conservation frameworks and partnership efforts exist within the biome, some of which are listed below. This list is not comprehensive; we will add to it as our partnerships and relationships expand. Contact us to be added.
Additional Resources
- Buffalo Treaty
- Buffalo Nations Grasslands Alliance
- Central Grasslands Roadmap and associated working groups
- Report on the Status of Grasslands in the Chihuahuan Desert
- Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Bird Conservation Plan and Conservation Investment Strategy (in process)
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation Grasslands Initiative
- Global Biodiversity Framework
- Global Grassland and Savannah Dialogue Platform
- Grassland and Sagebrush Conservation Portal (USFWS)
- Indigenous Kinship Circle
- International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
- Intertribal Agriculture Council
- Intertribal Buffalo Council
- Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association (and the broader Blackfoot Confederacy Iinnii Rematriation work)
- Native American Rangelands Partnership
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Northern Great Plains Business Plan
- NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife Great Plains Grasslands Biome Framework for Conservation Action
- Red de Pastoreo Sostenible
- Road to Recovery
- Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Grasslands Initiative
- State Wildlife Action Plans
- Transboundary Grasslands Partnership
- USFWS Grassland Ecosystem Team
Photo Credits
- Kulm Wetland Management District grassland: Photo: Krista Lundgren/USFWS
- Red Hills, Kansas: Photo: Aron Flanders/USFWS