2014 Proposal: Informing Connectivity Conservation Decisions in the Transboundary Okanagan-Kettle Subregion
2014 Proposal
Summary
We request funding to complete operational scale connectivity analyses within identified priority linkage areas in the British Columbia–Washington transboundary subregion (from the Cascades crest eastward through the Kettle River Range within the Columbia Mountains). Our efforts will build upon previous investments by the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative and independent analyses that identified the major fracture zones within this landscape and the most important linkage areas to maintain or restore through those fracture zones including those expected to be resilient to climate change. We propose to broaden our partnerships while narrowing our focus for conservation planning to 4 individual linkage areas, selected [...]
Summary
We request funding to complete operational scale connectivity analyses within identified priority linkage areas in the British Columbia–Washington transboundary subregion (from the Cascades crest eastward through the Kettle River Range within the Columbia Mountains). Our efforts will build upon previous investments by the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative and independent analyses that identified the major fracture zones within this landscape and the most important linkage areas to maintain or restore through those fracture zones including those expected to be resilient to climate change. We propose to broaden our partnerships while narrowing our focus for conservation planning to 4 individual linkage areas, selected based on a combination of ecological and social criteria to ensure the science is applied.