The Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture (PBHJV), previously Pacific Coast Joint Venture is a partnership established in 1991[1] between governments, organizations, and conservation groups along the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, established to protect and enhance wetlands important to migratory birds, within the framework of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP).
[8][9] Between 2001 and 2004, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service ran a project supported by PBHJV partners to identify and map estuaries in British Columbia[10] that would be targets for conservation.
[6] In British Columbia, the partnership is focused on the east coast of Vancouver Island and the Fraser River delta.
[1] It also launched Operation Orange, a scientific survey to track spartina, which is "choking the Pacific shoreline and endangering native species".
[1] The project also extends to Washington, where the Washington State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy, and the Puget Sound Joint Venture team track spartina in Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait.