The Pacific Coast Joint Venture now has a portal in the Conservation Registry. The portal is poised to become the primary tool for geospatial tracking of Pacific Coast Joint Venture partners’ accomplishments, while helping them coordinate with others to implement on-the-ground projects.

The Pacific Coast Joint Venture develops partnerships to protect and restore lowland wetland and upland ecosystems for the benefit birds and other wildlife. The joint venture works in the coastal areas of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Hawaii. The PCJV is one of 18 habitat joint ventures in North America working to carry out the goals of four major bird conservation initiatives.

Registry portals are designed to give organizations the ability to visualize their projects in a larger context and to tailor the Registry’s features to their own needs. The Pacific Coast Joint Venture needed a portal that could integrate its information-rich web site with the portal’s mapping capabilities, while enabling partners to access, update and visualize their projects electronically.

View the portal here. Check out the Pacific Coast Joint Venture’s web site here.

Bruce Taylor, director of Oregon Habitat Joint Venture, received the 2009 Excellence in Conservation Award from the Natural Resource Conservation Service for his fine work with Defenders of Wildlife, the Oregon Habitat Joint Venture, and many partners. He was honored in a ceremony in the rotunda of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, November 2, 2009. The NRCS Excellence in Conservation Award is the highest award the agency gives to honor those outside the federal government for their work in conservation. The Conservation Registry is very proud to have Bruce as a partner.

Learn more about the Oregon Habitat Joint Venture. Visit our partner site, Pacific Coast Joint Venture.