Intermountain West Joint Venture
The Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV) is a partnership of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other public and private landowners for the conservation of bird habitats in the inter-mountain areas of the western United States. It was established in 1994 and focuses on the "implementation of the conservation goals and objectives of five major bird initiatives": North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Partners in Flight, United States Shorebird Conservation Plan, North American Waterbird Conservation Plan and the National Sage Grouse Conservation Planning Framework. Its primary objective is to address conservation issues for about 40 waterbird species which use the marshes, playas, riparian zones, lakes and other wetlands throughout its extent. Its region of operation covers all of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, and portions of Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. It has boundaries delineated by the border with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, the Rocky Mountains to the east, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range to the west, and includes the "Great Basin, Columbia Basin, Colorado Plateau, and Wyoming Basin physiographic regions and their associated mountain ranges". It is adjacent to the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture to the north, the Pacific Birds