Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Bachman’s Sparrow by James Childress
Sixty percent of North American migratory bird species breed, winter, or migrate through the Lower Mississippi Valley, which is the continent’s most important wintering area for Mallards & Wood Ducks.
MISSION
To function as the forum in which the private, state, and federal conservation community develops a shared vision of bird conservation for the Lower Mississippi Valley and West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas regions; cooperates in its implementation; and collaborates in its refinement.
Sherburne WMA, LA
LMVJV Has a new MAV Partnership Coordinator!
Our new MAV Partnership Coordinator officially came on board Monday, the 17th of August 2026!
One Million Acres Restored Through Wetland Reserve Easements
Milestone highlights more than three decades of voluntary conservation by private landowners
Joint Venture Partners & Staff in the News!
Investments in prescribed fire/open pine habitat management are reaping returns in north-central Louisiana. Tall Timbers, American Bird Conservancy staff are reaching landowners.