Heart Of The Rockies Initiative

LANDOWNER COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES FOR NONLETHAL PREDATOR COTROL

LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION DESIGN IN THE HIGH DIVIDE.

LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION DESIGN IN THE HIGH DIVIDE. AN ANALYSIS OF FUTURELANDSCAPE SCENARIOS AND THEIR VIABILITY - PHASE 1

THE HIGH DIVIDE REGION, SPANNING EASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA, COVERS APPROXIMATELY 138,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS THE AREA CONTAINS THE HEADWATERS OF THE MISSOURI AND COLUMBIA WATERSHEDS AND IS VITAL FOR MAINTAINING CURRENT AND POTENTIAL CONNECTIVITY ACROSS PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS BETWEEN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM, THE CENTRAL IDAHO WILDERNESS, AND THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT ECOSYSTEM THE HIGH DIVIDE IS HOME TO OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION, IMPORTANT SAGEBRUSH STEPPE AND FORESTED HABITAT, AND ESSENTIAL WORKING RANCHLANDS, ALL WITHIN A REGION SUSCEPTIBLE TO ENTRENCHED, POLARIZED VIEWS ON CONSERVATION THE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION DESIGN PROCESS PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK TO CONTINUE TO BRING MANY OF THESE DIVERSE INTERESTS TOGETHER OVER A COMMON CONCERN FOR THE HIGH DIVIDE TO PRODUCE A SHARED, LONG TERM, STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE VISION THAT ENSURES PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE REGION CAN TAKE ACTION THAT WILL BE SUSTAINED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WITHOUT IT, CONSERVATION ENDEAVORS WOULD BE DISJOINTED BETWEEN INTEREST GROUPS, AND WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT HAVE THE INPUT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO PATCHWORK AND THUS INEFFECTIVE CONSERVATION EFFORTS

SCIENCE TO APPLICATIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION DELIVERY

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