Women stands next to a dog with large rocks in the background.

SJV Staff Changes

Emily Clark recently announced her departure from her role as the Sonoran Joint Venture’s Communications and Partnerships Specialist. We thank Emily for her hard work and dedication over the last seven years.

Aerial view of Ciénega de Santa Clara.

Marsh Birds of the Colorado River Delta

Before the construction of dams and diversions in the Colorado River Basin, the Colorado River Delta in Mexico supported large populations of marsh birds. Pronatura Noroeste in collaboration with partners has been working on a long-term monitoring program and a binational restoration initiative in the Colorado River Delta to protect and conserve this and other groups of birds and their habitats.

Five-week-old pelican chicks in the nest.

Historic Highs for California Brown Pelicans in the Channel Islands

After 50 years of recovery, California Brown Pelicans are nesting at historically high levels in the California Channel Islands. The next steps will be to research the dynamics between the Channel Islands population and the Gulf of California breeding population, which is not experiencing the same success.