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Sonoran Joint Venture
  • About
    • Where We Work
    • Staff
    • Management Board
    • Science Working Group
    • Our Partners
    • Media Kit
  • News
    • Recent News
    • 2024 Events Calendar
    • eBulletin
    • Listserv
  • Resources
    • Arizona Species and Habitat Accounts
    • Borderlands Avian Data Center
    • PLuMA
    • Threats From Open Pipes
  • Planning
    • Strategic Plan
    • Conservation Implementation Plan
    • Bird Conservation Plan
    • Waterfowl Management Supplement
  • Funding
    • SJV Awards Program
    • Funded Projects
Rolling greens hills across the mountains.

Tracking Birds as they Travel with Motus

June 30, 2023

A revolutionary new technology and a unique spot in the mountains above Los Angeles may help us learn more about one of nature’s most spectacular spectacles.

Tags Motus, Pasadena Audubon Society, SJV Awards Program
BRN staff and volunteers pose with an erosion control structure built during a volunteer day (photo by BRN).

Restoring Water Flow for the Montezuma Quail

July 12, 2023May 24, 2022

With funding provided by the SJV’s Awards Program, Borderlands Restoration Network employed a multi-pronged restoration approach to improve degraded habitat through volunteer engagement, partnerships, erosion control, and revegetation.

Tags Borderlands Restoration Network, Borderlands Wildlife Preserve, Montezuma Quail, restoration, SJV Awards Program
Family of Blue-footed Boobies on San Pedro Martir Island (photo by Alberto Piña Ortiz).

Population Status and Priority Marine Areas for Seabirds on San Pedro Mártir Island

July 12, 2023May 24, 2022

Seabird colonies on San Pedro Mártir Island have declined over the last 30 years. Using GPS devices placed on birds, priority marine areas are being identified and a conservation plan is being established.

Tags Blue-footed Boobies, Brown Boobies, Isla San Pedro Mártir, priority marine areas, seabirds, SJV Awards Program
A still wet Wilson’s Plover chick camouflaged in the substrate (photo by Germán Leyva García).

Salina de Lobos, a Refuge for Waterbirds

July 12, 2023May 24, 2022

Salina de Lobos saltworks is a novel habitat that together with the support of a private initiative and the local community, represents an opportunity for the recovery of migratory waterbird populations.

Tags CIAD, Salina de Lobos, saltworks, SJV Awards Program, waterbirds
Sonoran Desert

The SJV Impact

July 13, 2023August 16, 2021

We asked some of our conservation partners to weigh in on the impacts of the SJV Awards Program to their work.

Tags SJV Awards Program, Testimonials
Heermann's Gull in flight by Dave Krueper.

The SJV Awards Program – Past, Present, and Future

July 13, 2023August 13, 2021

The SJV is collaborating with the International Community Foundation to help make the Awards Program easier and more accessible. The updated program will resume in early 2022.

Tags 2021, SJV Awards Program
Canyon Towhee, by Dave Krueper.

Show me the money! SJV Awards Program Snapshot

July 13, 2023August 13, 2021

The Sonoran Joint Venture has awarded more than $1.3 million dollars to partners in our region. Learn about where and how the funding has been put to good use.

Tags funding, partners, SJV Awards Program
Brown Booby in Flight off Isla San Pedro Martir, Emily Clark.

The Sonoran Joint Venture Awards Grants to Five Projects in 2020

July 13, 2023October 27, 2020

We are pleased to announce that the following projects were awarded funds for the 2020 cycle of the SJV Awards Program.

Tags Borderlands Restoration Network, CEDES, Conselva Costas y Communidades, Kino Bay Center, Motus, Quail Forever, SJV Awards Program
American Oystercatcher

The Sonoran Joint Venture Awards Grants to Five Projects in 2019

July 13, 2023October 8, 2019

We are pleased to announce that the following projects were awarded funds for the 2019 cycle of the SJV Awards Program.

Tags SJV Awards Program

The Sonoran Joint Venture is a regional partnership working to conserve the unique birds and habitats of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

El Sonoran Joint Venture es una sociedad regional que trabaja para la conservación de las singulares aves y hábitats del suroeste de los Estados Unidos y noroeste de México.

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520 N. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719

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520 N. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719

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  • About
    • Where We Work
    • Staff
    • Management Board
    • Science Working Group
    • Our Partners
    • Media Kit
  • News
    • Recent News
    • 2024 Events Calendar
    • eBulletin
    • Listserv
  • Resources
    • Arizona Species and Habitat Accounts
    • Borderlands Avian Data Center
    • PLuMA
    • Threats From Open Pipes
  • Planning
    • Strategic Plan
    • Conservation Implementation Plan
    • Bird Conservation Plan
    • Waterfowl Management Supplement
  • Funding
    • SJV Awards Program
    • Funded Projects