Prairie Habitat Joint Venture

The Prairie Habitat Joint Venture is a partnership between governments, organizations, and conservation groups in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in Canada. It is one of four Canadian habitat joint ventures operating as part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and is contiguous with the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture in the United States.

Structure

The joint venture is administered via an advisory board consisting of members from the following government agencies and independent organizations:^[1]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Alberta NAWMP Partnership
Canadian Wildlife Service (part of Environment Canada)
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Manitoba Conservation
Manitoba Heritage Habitat Corporation
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Saskatchewan Environment
Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
Wildlife Habitat Canada

Funding

By 2005, the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture had received $641 million in funding from several sources.^[2]

Federal government of the United States, $198.7 million
United States non-government, $182 million
Federal Government of Canada, $94.4 million
Provincial governments in Canada, $77.3 million
Canadian not-for-profit organizations, $42.9 million
State governments in the United States, $37.4 million
Canadian private, corporate and other, $8.7 million
Others, $94,000

Purpose

The program's focus areas are the prairie and aspen parkland of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The Peace River parkland region in northeastern British Columbia is also a primary conservation target.^[1]

Additional programs administered by this venture include the conservation of the western boreal forest ecology in the Taiga Plains, Taiga Cordillera, Boreal Cordillera, Taiga Shield and Boreal Plains.

Activities

The venture has secured land through various programs. By 2005, a total of 3,642,042 acres (14,738.8 km²) had been secured, of which 475,856 acres (1,925.7 km²) were permanently secured via acquisition, land donation, conservation easement, or Crown land transfer; 800,808 acres (3,240.8 km²) were in stewardship; and 2,365,378 acres (9,572.3 km²) are in the scope of various agreements, including leases, conservation agreements, and land use agreements.^[3] Approximately 55% of the required funding projected in 1989 has been received and allocated to various programs in order to secure 9,800,000 acres (40,000 km²) of land identified by provincial implementation plans to be within the scope of this venture.^[3]

Three partnership programs with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have led to the conversion of agricultural and environmentally sensitive land to perennial cover, consistent with the goals of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.^[2]

A marsh monitoring program is under development, and will be implemented once adequate long-term capital and operational funding has been secured.^[4]

Notes

References

"Habitat Joint Ventures: Prairie Habitat Joint Venture". NABCI Canada. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
"PHJV Achievements" (PDF). Prairie Habitat Joint Venture. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
"Partners in Conservation" (PDF). Prairie Habitat Joint Venture. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
"Developing a Marsh Monitoring Program for Prairie Habitat Joint Venture". Wildlife Habitat Canada. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.

North American Waterfowl Management Plan Joint Ventures

Species	Arctic Goose Joint Venture Black Duck Joint Venture Sea Duck Joint Venture

Canada	Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture Prairie Habitat Joint Venture

United States	Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Central Valley Joint Venture East Gulf Coastal Plain Gulf Coast Joint Venture Intermountain West Joint Venture Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Northern Great Plains Joint Venture Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture Playa Lakes Joint Venture Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Rio Grande Joint Venture Rainwater Basin Joint Venture San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Sonoran Joint Venture Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture

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