AWL's conservation project areas where the Priority Linkage Assessment was completed in 2007

Maintaining the ecological connections, or wildlife movement corridors, between major wildland habitats is one of the most pressing challenges for habitat and wildlife conservation in the Northern Rockies today. American Wildlands is committed to keeping the world-renowned U.S. Northern Rockies ecologically intact by restoring and maintaining connections between key habitats for healthy populations of native wildlife.

To help focus and prioritize our Corridors of Life program work, as well as that of other NGOs and agencies, during 2007 AWL conducted a Priority Linkage Assessment (PLA) to determine the most important habitat connections, or “linkages,” in the U.S. Northern Rockies. This assessment focused on the movement needs of four carnivore species (grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine and lynx) and four ungulate species (elk, moose, bighorn sheep and antelope). In 2008, we will begin working with local conservation interests to develop conservation strategies to address the linkage areas, threats and opportunities identified in the PLA.

To learn more about the Priority Linkage Assessment, click here