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What is a Joint Venture?
Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Region JV
History
Joint Venture Management Board
Calendar What is a Joint Venture? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service definition for joint venture is “a self-directed partnership of agencies, organizations, corporations, tribes, or individuals that has formally accepted the responsibility of implementing national or international bird conservation plans within a specific geographic area or for a specific taxonomic group, and has received general acceptance in the bird conservation community for such responsibility” (USFWS 2002). Working both collectively and independently, JV partners conduct activities in support of bird conservation goals cooperatively developed by the partnership.
Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Region JV
At 260 million acres (104 million ha) the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes is one of the largest and most diverse JV regions in the U. S. The UMRGL JV administrative region has been unchanged since 1998, encompassing all or portions of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
History
Waterfowl Foundation
The original Implementation Plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region JV was finalized in 1993 and updated in 1998. At that time JV partners mutually agreed to safeguard the waterfowl habitats of the nation's only inland coastal area – the Great Lakes – plus interior wetlands, including the floodplains of four of the country's major river systems – the lower Missouri, upper Mississippi, the Illinois, and Ohio. JV habitat conservation objectives included protection, restoration, and enhancement of 590,000 acres of waterfowl breeding habitat and 165,000 acres of migration habitat.
The 1998 JV update also included provisions for protecting or increasing habitat for upland wildlife species that are associated with wetland habitats, and that of declining non-waterfowl migratory birds, as long as the efforts were consistent with waterfowl objectives.
All-Bird Evolution
Subsequently, continental conservation plans were developed for landbirds, shorebirds, and waterbirds (colonial nesting waterbirds, wading birds and secretive marsh birds), and the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) evolved to help provide coordination between continental plans.
In the spirit of cooperation and partnership, the UMGL JV Management Board pledged in a 2001 Resolution to conduct all-bird conservation, accommodating other bird groups while implementing the NAWMP.
Joint Venture Management Board
Bird conservation activities of the JV partnership are coordinated by the JV Management Board, a self-directed group of individuals interested in furthering the JV mission.
Joint Venture Management Board Charter and By-laws (46.3KB Word doc)
Board Members
Mr. Dave Scott, Acting
Acting Executive Administrator
Ohio Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Road, Bldg. G
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
Ms. DeeCee Darrow
Missouri River Unit, Wildlife Division
Missouri Department of Conservation
Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
Phone: 573-522-4115 x 3118
Fax: 573-526-4663
E-mail: deecee.darrow@mdc.mo.gov
Dr. Dale Garner - Chair
Chief, Wildlife Bureau
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
502 East 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
Phone: 515-281-6156
Fax: 515-281-6794
Cell:515-238-3181
E-mail: dale.garner@dnr.iowa.gov
Mr. Aaron Kuehl
Director of Conservation Programs
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever
1504 Vinifera Drive
Petersburg, IL 62675
Mr. Robert Jackson
Regional Fish & Wildlife Biologist
Bureau of Indian Affairs
1 Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-725-4529
Fax: 612-713-4401
E-mail: no email use fax
Mr. John Silovsky
Regional Public Lands Supervisor
Kansas Depart. Wildlife Parks
300 S.W. Wanamaker
Topeka, KS 66608
Phone: 785-273-6740
Fax: 785-273-6757
Cell:785-564-3629
E-mail: johns@wp.state.ks.us
Dr. Michael Loesch
U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DIVISION, GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER
550 Main Street, Room 10032
ATTN: CELRD-PDS-O (Loesch)
Cincinnati, OH 45202-3222
Phone: 513-684-3192
Fax: 513-684-2460
E-mail: michael.a.loesch@lrdor.usace.army.m
Mr. Steve Riley
Nebraska Game Parks Commission
2200 North 33rd Street, P.O. Box 30370
Lincoln, NE 68503-0370
Phone: 402-471-5420
Fax: 402-471-5528
E-mail: steve.riley@ngpc.ne.gov
Mr. Sean McMahon
Iowa State Director
The Nature Conservancy
303 Locust Street Suite 402
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 24405044
Fax: (515) 244-8890
Email: smcmahon@tnc.org
Dr. Michael D. Jawson
Director, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, USGS
2630 Fanta Reed Road
La Crosse, WI 54603
Phone: 317-232-4096
Fax: 317-232-8150
E-mail: mjawson@usgs.gov
Mr. Mike McCulley
Section Head, Field Management Section
Division of Wildlife Resources
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
1556 State Route 54
Clinton, IL 61727-9360
Phone: 217-935-6860 x240
Fax: 217-935-4189
E-mail: mike.mcculley@illinois.gov
Mr. Bill VanderZouwen
Wildlife Landscape Ecology Sec. Chief
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
101 S. Webster Street
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: 608-266-8840
Fax: 608-267-7857
E-mail: William.VanderZouwenJr@wisconsin.gov
Dr. Russ Mason
Chief, Wildlife Division
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Box 30444
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 335-4085
Email: masonr2@michigan.gov
Mr. Ray Norrgard
Wetland Wildlife Program Leader
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
500 Lafayette Rd., Box 7
St. Paul, MN 55155-4007
Phone: 651-259-5227
Fax: 651-297-4961
E-mail: ray.norrgard@dnr.state.mn.us
Mr. Mitch Marcus, Acting
Division of Fish and Wildlife Staff Specialist
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
402 W. Washington St., Room W-273
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2781
Ms. Karen Rodriguez
Program Analyst
Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes PO
77 West Jackson Blvd. G-17J
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-353-2690
Fax: 312-886-2403
E-mail: rodriguez.karen@epa.gov
Mr. Tom Melius
Regional Director
U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
1 Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5301
Fax: 612-713-5284
E-mail: tom_melius@fws.gov
Mr. Bill Bartush
Regional Wildlife Biologist
USDA Forest Service Eastern Region
626 East Wisconsin Avenue - 7th Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
Phone: (414) 297-3544
Email: bbartush@fs.fed.us
Mr. David Brakhage
Director of Conservation Programs
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
1220 Eisenhower Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734-623-2000
Fax: 734-623-2035
E-mail: dbrakhage@ducks.org
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Joint Venture Staff
Barbara Pardo, Joint Venture Coordinator
Phone: 612-713-5433
Fax: 612-713-5393
E-mail: Barbara_Pardo@fws.gov
Vacant, Assistant Joint Venture Coordinator
Greg Soulliere, Joint Venture Science Coordinator
Phone: 517-351-4214
Fax: 517-351-1443
E-mail: Greg_Soulliere@fws.gov
Bradly Potter, Biologist/Spatial Modeler
Phone: 517-351-4213;
Fax: 517-351-1443;
E-mail: bradly_potter@fws.gov
Ashley Spratt, USFWS Midwest Region, Public Affairs
Phone:
612-713-5314;
E-mail: Ashley_spratt@fws.gov
Vacant, Biological Technician/GIS
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