Tag: corridors

December 15, 2020

New big game migration maps help inform management

New maps documenting migration routes throughout the West can help inform managers and conservation groups about areas that are important for deer, elk and other migratory species in the region....

May 13, 2020

Do shifting ranges under climate change mean more species invasions?

Biologists and conservationists often advocate for the use of corridors and connectivity to increase species dispersal and biodiversity. But can those corridors also bring opportunities for invasions of nonnative species,...

February 4, 2020

House Committee approves bill to overturn ESA rules

The House Natural Resources Committee approveda bill sponsored by committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) last week that would block the administration’s recent rules that change implementation of the Endangered Species...

November 25, 2019

Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act introduced

Last week, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., introduced the Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019 (S. 2891/H.R. 5179), which would support federally designated American Indian tribes...

August 29, 2019

Study examines legal framework for protecting migration

The Wildlife Management Institute recently analyzed the policy and statutory framework for big game migration corridor conservation in the western United States. This research built on an inventory of big...

August 13, 2019

Senate committee advances bill funding wildlife crossings

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously advanced the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (S. 2302) on July 30. The bill, which authorizes $287 billion in funding over five years...

May 29, 2019

Bill introduced to establish a system of wildlife corridors

The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019 (S. 1499/H.R. 2795) was introduced last week in both the House and Senate, which would establish a national system of wildlife corridors to...

December 19, 2018

New legislation would establish system of wildlife corridors

Legislation introduced earlier this month by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., would establish a “National Wildlife Corridors System.” If passed into law, the bill would strive...

November 21, 2016

Corridor protected for migrating mule deer

In a move to protect the farthest-migrating herd of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the world, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has acquired a parcel of land encompassing a...