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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="font-size:12pt"><SPAN>The Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) partnership is focused on preserving, managing, and restoring diverse, healthy forest habitats in the region to benefit not only birds, but the diversity of Appalachian plants and wildlife. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="font-size:12pt"><SPAN>The Focal Landscape Initiative strategically targets the capacity and resources to high-priority regions established by AMJV partners within the AMJV geography. This approach maximizes AMJV conservation impacts and make concrete steps towards improving habitat for priority species. AMJV are developing this initiative in parallel with American Bird Conservancy’s BirdScapes. The objective with this initiative is to achieve landscape-level benefits for AMJV priority birds, demonstrated by stabilizing or increasing populations within the focal landscapes. For more information, visit: https://amjv.org/focal-landscapes/</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |