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Just one of the presentations from the 2013 Open Space Conference on May 16 at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco. More information about the day can be found here: http://openspacecouncil.org/community/conference.php
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Maintaining and restoring critical wildlife linkages in the Bay AreaThe Bay Area Open Space Council conference on “Collective Impact.”
May 16, 2013
Connectivity is the main takeaway from 25 years of conservation biology
Roads and other human impacts make “islands” out of natural areas
Wildlife needs movement for nature to persist; as the climate changes, plants and animals need to get where they are going.
Mammals 21
Birds 13
Amphibians 6
Reptiles 5
Fish 4
Invertebrates 2
Plants 15
66 Focal Species Selected
Least-Cost Corridor Analysis
Goal: Define area with lowest relative cost of travel for focal species between protected core areas
Walker and Craighead 1997 Craighead et al. 2001 Singleton et al. 2002
Network of Least-Cost Corridors showing species overlap
Identification of Key Riparian Corridors
Potential Habitat & Patch Size for Mountain Lion
Blue Ridge-Marin Coast Linkage where Wendy is Working
Santa Cruz-Gabilan Linkage where Kirk is working
Santa Cruz Puma Project Mountian Lion GPS Collar Location Results
Map illustrating the top 0.5% least-cost corridors crossing Highway 17
Wilmers et al. 2013
Map Illustrating Highway 17 Connectivity Design Schematic
Clear debris
Retrofit
Retrofit
Proposed directional fencing to crossing structures
OR-7 shows us corridors of protection work!