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Incorporating Wildlife Connectivity into Forest Plan Revision Under the United States Forest Service’s 2012 Planning Rule

The U.S. Forest Service’s 2012 planning rule requires National Forests to evaluate, protect, and/or restore ecological connectivity when revising land management plans. This document describes an approach for considering connectivity in forest planning that was developed for the Custer Gallatin National Forest and relies on freely available data to address the planning rule requirements. The

Notable North American Migrations

A summarized table of North American Wildlife migrations notable to the conservation community.

Paradise Valley Corridor Study: Saving Lives by Incorporating Wildlife Passage Opportunities

This brochure includes an introduction of the US 89 corridor planning study, a cost-benefit analysis of local wildlife migration, and a recommendation of next steps for the Montana Department of Transportation.

Spring Newsletter 2020

A Wildlife Corridor Inventory

A summarized table of North American Wildlife species known to utilize corridors, a distribution of said species by taxa, and known wildlife corridors by state.

From Connect-the-Dots to Dynamic Networks: Maintaining and Enhancing Connectivity to Address Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife

This excerpt discusses the definition of connectivity for addressing wildlife responses to climate change and compare it to connectivity under current conditions. Guidance is provided on identifying, prioritizing, and protecting connectivity as a tool for facilitating wildlife conservation in light of climate change. Clarity on how to define and identify these connectivity needs will be

IUCN Lignes directrices pour la conservation de la connectivité par le biais de réseaux et de corridors écologiques (French translation)

La connectivité écologique est le mouvement sans entrave des espèces et le flux des processus naturels qui soutiennent la vie sur Terre. Il est impérieux que les pays du monde entier s’orientent vers une approche globale et cohérente de la conservation de la connectivité écologique, et qu’ils entreprennent de mesurer et de contrôler l’efficacité des

IUCN Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors (English)

These IUCN WCPA Guidelines are based on the best available science and practice for maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological connectivity among and between protected areas, other effective areas based conservation measures (OECMs) and other intact ecosystems. For the first time, this publication introduces a common definition and recommends formal recognition of ecological corridors to serve

Introduction to Connectivity #2

This infographic answers the question “What is a corridor?” and provides examples of different types of ecological corridors.

Introduction to Connectivity #1

This infographic answers the question “What is connectivity?” and explains the concepts of wildlife movement, dispersal, and migration.

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