Resources

Potential pathways to shape the future of the Crown of the Continent—a remarkable region shared by Canada, the United States, First Nations, Native American tribes, and diverse communities and stakeholder groups. The Crown has long inspired action by committed individuals and forward-looking organizations, whose good work provides a solid foundation for shaping a future based on healthy landscapes and communities.

Summarizes the increasing attention state and federal policy makers have given to the importance of maintaining ecological connectivity. It includes policy initiatives, memoranda, orders, plans, strategies and other administrative avenues of promoting the conservation of wildlife corridors. In addition to administrative efforts, it includes state and federal legislative efforts, both bills that were introduced and those that ultimately were passed.

This report is a compilation of federal and state policies that have direct or indirect implications for wildlife corridors and ecological connectivity conservation. It provides a broad set of policy-setting activities, such as legislation, executive orders, secretarial orders, strategies, and memoranda, by the executive or legislative branches of state or federal governments.