This paper is the third volume in a set of policy reviews that summarize all U.S. federal and state policies issued in support of ecological connectivity 2007-2019. In this volume, for the first time, we also include select county policies on connectivity from recent years.
This document provides a variety of potential provisions for state legislators. Each provision attempts to address and improve different facets of identifying and protecting state wildlife movement and habitat connectivity. The following pages provide rationales for enhancing existing or creating new provisions and, where available, include examples of model or sample legislative language. Although intended
The first integrated global-scale intergovernmental assessment of the status, trends, and future of the links between people and nature provides an unprecedented picture of the extent of mutual dependence, the breadth and depth of the ongoing and impending crisis, and the interconnectedness among sectors and regions.
A compendium of Federal management plans related to habitat connectivity, wildlife corridors, and regional policies.
Guidance on integrating local stakeholder participation and social data into collaborative landscape conservation (CLC) planning.
This plan is the result of the unique holistic Blackfeet Nation planning process that includes all parts of tribal government, while respectfully considering traditional values and a collective community vision for the future. The resulting plan will lead the way for communities looking to integrate climate adaptation planning into human health and resource management.
This report seeks to provide decision support in answering the crucial question of where to mitigate roads to yield the greatest positive impact for wildlife and people, creates an index of road risk to wildlife based on roadside carcass data, details specific roles that diverse stakeholders can play in the mitigation process, and highlight opportunities
This briefing summarizes policies that the Obama administration has completed to increase attention to conserving ecological connectivity in his first term in office. It includes policy initiatives, memoranda, orders, plans, strategies and other administrative avenues of promoting the conservation of both structural and functional connectivity. The focus of this summary is on administrative policy, it
Final report on the first ever county-wide Wildlife Crossing Master Plan for Teton County.
On July 30, 2019, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee unanimously voted (21-0) to advance a bipartisan transportation reauthorization bill, S. 2302, America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act. This summary compiles excerpts of the wildlife-related provisions of that bill, including Section 1125, which for the first time ever creates a $250 million wildlife crossing pilot program aimed