Intermountain West Joint Venture

Upon cresting the south ridge of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe’s land, the entirety of their 14,000-acre reservation is revealed with a shimmering lake at its heart. Green ribbons of riparian-lush creeks thread down sagebrush slopes to feed the lake, which supports a genetically distinct Summit Lake...

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, enacted in November 2021, is a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was directly appropriated $455 million, with the Klamath Basin set to receive $162 million of this...

Migratory birds face threats as wetlands vanish due to climate change and human actions. An innovative new tool represents a transformative leap in better understanding these crucial ecosystems and their avian inhabitants.

Across the West, as biomes slowly wax and wane with the passage of time, decisive action in our lifetimes informed by the wisdom of locals—and aided by working coalitions like the Southwest Montana Sagebrush Partnership—can help to keep habitats and landscapes in balance, working for wildlife and...

In 2021, the Biden Administration committed $10 million per year over the next five years under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for sagebrush ecosystem restoration. To implement this funding for priority projects such as mesic habitat...

Motus towers are helping to solve many mysteries of migratory species. By joining this international effort, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping to fill knowledge gaps about migratory bird behavior and ecology from coast to coast.

In Montana, funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is expanding the scale of conservation to whole landscapes. The following story was written by partners at the Intermountain West Joint Venture and the original version is available on Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands.