Intermountain West Joint Venture

Intermountain West Joint Venture Conserving bird habitat through science and partnerships across the Intermountain West. Please visit our website at http://iwjv.org.

The IWJV operates across parts of 11 western states, including Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Utah. This region encompasses some of the most diverse and intact landscapes in the West and provide continentally and regionally significant habitat for a suite of waterfowl, shorebird, waterbird, and landbird species such as Northern P

intail, Cinnamon Teal, Wilson’s Phalarope, American Avocet, Greater Sandhill Crane, White-faced Ibis, Greater Sage-Grouse, Long-billed Curlew, Willow Flycatcher, and Lewis’s Woodpecker. IWJV partnership is comprised of federal and state wildlife agencies, conservation groups, tribes, and private landowners dedicated to conserving bird habitat in the Intermountain West.

08/25/2026

Want to stay in the loop with conservation news from across the West and rock some IWJV swag? Join our conservation community by signing up for our newsletter! DM us your email address by Friday, September 4th, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of these rad tote bags + a notepad/journal printed with a painting by Nancy Fitch, as well as other IWJV logo’d gear.

08/21/2026

👀Check out our recent article by IWJV's Megan McGrath in the Journal of Upland Conservation, the magazine. 📖

Link to the full story in the comments.

Edit: ***APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED*** Thank you to all who applied! To be the first to know about fu...
08/19/2026

Edit: ***APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED*** Thank you to all who applied! To be the first to know about future IWJV co-hosted positions throughout the West, sign up for our newsletter.

We're pleased to announce an open position based in Craig, Colorado for a Coordinating Wildlife Biologist. This will be one of our cross-boundary habitat restoration project management positions co-sponsored with our friends at Pheasants Forever, and we're so excited to find the right person within this interesting multifaceted landscape.

This position will be a perfect fit for anyone who lives in and loves the land of northwest Colorado; who has some experience coordinating conservation projects with multiple stakeholders; and who doesn't mind learning a lot of acronyms for the sake of making a positive difference across a diversity of rangeland, wetland, and forested habitats. Link in the comments to learn more and apply!

Mow (or graze), burn, spray, reseed with natives, repeat. 🌱🔥This sequence of management activities is the result of deca...
08/12/2026

Mow (or graze), burn, spray, reseed with natives, repeat. 🌱🔥

This sequence of management activities is the result of decades of research, as well as lots of on-the-ground trial and error. Wetlands managers across the Great Salt Lake ecosystem are finding that when they pull together to implement these management activities, they can see positive results against the region’s most notorious invasive species.

Phragmites, a Eurasian grass species, has been taking over wetlands in the area since the late 1980s due to its ability to crowd out other plants with its sheer size. Many people believe that it is exacerbating the region’s water crisis, making it a prime target for efforts looking to enhance the water flowing to the Great Salt Lake.
In Part 1 of a 2-part series, we dive into how phragmites took over GSL wetlands—and how it can be controlled.

What does the future of flood irrigation look like? In California’s Owens Valley, irrigators are used to getting creativ...
08/06/2026

What does the future of flood irrigation look like? In California’s Owens Valley, irrigators are used to getting creative with water to sustain the local ranching ecosystem. These days, infrastructure modernization projects are helping them make every drop of water go further to sustain the irrigated wet meadows that make this area special. Ziani Paiz is the Bishop Rangeland Conservationist, a partner position held among the IWJV, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Eastern Sierra Land Trust. She explains what this looks like for the ranchers she works with in a new Field Note.

08/06/2026

We're so excited to share this film with the world in just two weeks!

New film coming August 20th 👀
07/31/2026

New film coming August 20th 👀

“Finding Balance with Fire in Montana’s Sagebrush Country” starts with our amazing partner Sean Claffey standing on a hi...
07/31/2026

“Finding Balance with Fire in Montana’s Sagebrush Country” starts with our amazing partner Sean Claffey standing on a hillside staring in frustration at a baby tree. You might wonder: Why would such a little thing fill anyone with such consternation?

Well, it’s because Sean and many other members of the IWJV’s Sage Capacity Team spend all their days trying to figure out how to save vital sagebrush shrubland habitat, which is a home to so many of our favorite wildlife, from conifers that are slowly filling it in and converting the whole system. It’s not that we don’t like trees—but they threaten this essential and slowly shrinking habitat. Figuring out where the trees should be, where they shouldn’t be, and how to manage the whole landscape is a balance of art and science—one that involves looking deep into historical data from the past hundred years to figure out how we’ll manage habitats for the next hundred years. Oh, and did we mention that fire is a huge part of this?

We’d love it if you gave this vintage IWJV story a read—link in the comments below.

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1001 S Higgins, Suite A1
Missoula, MT
59801

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(406) 549-0732

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