Missoula Linkage Lunch

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!

This month, the presenter is Kylie Paul. She works at the Center for Large Landscape Conservation focusing on road ecology and wildlife connectivity. Yes, in fact she helps organize this speaker series…and she recently published a report titled Integrating Wildlife Habitat Connectivity into Local Government Planning: Examples, Recommendations, and Resources for U.S. Towns and Counties. She will speak about the need and opportunities for local governments, including the City of Missoula and Missoula County, to include wildlife connectivity considerations in their policies and plans. She’ll also highlight examples of policies and plans from across the country, case studies of implementation, and best practices to support local as well as state-level action.

We hope to see you there!

Cheers from the Center for Large Landscape Conservation’s Missoula staff:

Katie Deuel, Gabriel Oppler, and Kylie Paul

_{Banner photo: Lolo Creek, Lolo National Forest, Montana – Adobe Stock}