Rep. Don Beyer is applauding Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s announcement this week of new federal actions to advance work on wildlife corridors.
Robert Frost began his poem “Mending Wall” with the line, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” He could have been speaking for wildlife. Walls and fences fragment their habitat, limit travel for food and mating, block migration routes and cause death.
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Fences have long been a barrier for Yellowstone pronghorn antelope, as they migrate to crucial winter habitat beyond park borders. Despite being the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere,… See more ›
From pronghorn antelope at Grand Teton to Florida panthers in the Everglades, national parks provide core habitat for a variety of species. But the same species that depend on parks require connectivity to habitat beyond park boundaries to thrive.
Connecting wildlife habitat is critical to helping wildlife find suitable habitat, food, water and mates. Species need the ability to move across landscapes to maintain healthy populations.
The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act gives federal land managers like the National Park Service (NPS) the authority to identify and better protect corridors to support connectivity, resilience and adaptability of native fish, wildlife and plants. This is complemented by a grant program for states, tribes and private landowners t