The Linkage Lunch program was launched to engage, inform, connect, and motivate our Missoula community around landscape conservation.
The general focus of Linkage Lunches are presentations from experts to discuss conservation of habitat, connectivity, wildlife, water, or wildness…and all things in between. They may have a local, statewide, nationwide, or global context. But our goal is that each presentation will include some level of connection to how each of us can help tackle connectivity conservation at home in some way.
Come join the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and other practitioners, agency staff, conservation professionals, and any interested members of the public in these exciting lunchtime talks. You won’t want to miss it! Bring your lunch, if desired. All are welcome!
Please join us for our next Linkage Lunch, in April 2026!
Our April 2026 Linkage Lunch will feature Dr. Kathy Zeller, applied spatial ecologist and Senior Director for Science at The Wilderness Society. As recreation continues to increase on public lands, effects on wildlife are only just beginning to be understood. Dr. Zeller will discuss how our presence in these areas—traditionally considered safe havens for wildlife—may affect different species, how wildlife may habituate to recreation, and what that all means for connectivity as well as for planning future recreation opportunities on public lands.
We hope to see you there!
Cheers from the Center for Large Landscape Conservation’s Missoula staff:
Brendan Moynahan, Katie Deuel, Gabriel Oppler, and Kylie Paul
Banner photo: Lolo Creek, Lolo National Forest, Montana – Adobe Stock
