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Created by Marlies Wierenga on February 9, 2012
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Posted on June 29, 2010
Introduction
Back in 2007, the Western Governors Association (WGA) adopted a resolution encouraging states to protect wildlife linkage zones and crucial wildlife habitat in the west. To assist in reaching this goal, the WGA Wildlife Corridors Initiative was created and subsequently issued a report titled, WGA Wildlife Corridors Initiative.
Posted on January 5, 2010
In early October, I attended a Western Governors’ Wildlife Council (“Council”) meeting in Helena, MT where the key discussion topic was how to improve wildlife connectivity and linkage zones across the western states. To be sitting at a committee meeting of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) talking about wildlife connectivity is not something I would have predicted a decade ago, but western states are now trying to anticipate development impacts by identifying areas of particular importance to fish and wildlife. Such forward-thinking, integrated planning is very encouraging, although
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Created by Adam Switalski on April 27, 2009
This past week, Wildlands CPR assisted The Nature Conservancy in hosting a workshop entitled, “Improving road systems in the context of watershed restoration” in Astoria, OR. The workshop was attended by a diverse group of about 25 watershed restoration specialists from around the region. Representatives from the Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, Washington Department of Natural Resources, NGOs, and private consultants exchanged information about planning, prioritizing, and implementing road system treatments including road decommissioning.
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Created by Cathrine Walters on October 24, 2008
I came across this article about a man who wanted to "do some hill climbing" in Eastern Washington and ended up driving up a popular hiking trail in a county park. Sure, it was dark (it was 2 a.m. on a Saturday night) and maybe the "No Unauthorized Vehicles" sign was difficult to see, but when asked why he drove up there, he replied he was unaware it was illegal and questioned why anybody would want to walk up a hill.
Read the full article here.
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