Annual Digest Summary - 2021 - Conservation Corridor

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Accounting for connectivity alters the apparent roles of spatial and environmental processes on metacommunity assembly (March 10)

Identifying priority areas for binational connectivity of large carnivores (April 12)

Designing habitats for rapid colonization by wild bees (May 26)

Wind connectivity and its impacts on tree genetics (July 30)

Perspectives in plant connectivity (August 12)

Forest cover and connectivity impact seed dispersal networks (September 23)

Insights for connectivity from the LTER network (October 25)

What tools are available for mapping and computing landscape connectivity (November 29)

Connectivity matters both inside and around protected areas (December 21)

Management

Wildlife fencing and its contribution to Botswana’s elephant die-off (January 28)

Borderlands wins big for bats and Bacanora (February 25)

What do practitioners say about the current state of connectivity? (March 17)

What is anthropogenic resistance? (April 20)

Connectivity metrics for conservation planning and monitoring (May 11)

When administrative boundaries lead to ecological boundaries (June 24)

Grassland and flower strips as corridors in agricultural landscapes (July 23)

Best management practices for ecological corridors (August 19)

Continent-wide connectivity across North America (September 29)

Connectivity Conservation: Sustaining Networks for Ecology and Community (October 18)

Maintaining butterfly diversity through corridor design (November 24)

Climate Change

Forest network resilience under climate change and natural disturbance (January 14)

Both social and landscape networks are needed for effective climate-wise connectivity (February 10)

Conservation strategies in the face of climate change (March 22)

Habitat fragmentation influences colonization and extinction under future climate changes (April 30)

New report: Connectivity and Climate Change Toolkit (May 19)

Connectivity as an integral part of predicting range shifts (June 17)

Ocean connectivity and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (July 19)

The economic cost of conservation strategies under climate change (August 31)

Adding south-north connectivity to protected area networks (September 14)

How much has tropical forest fragmentation increased across the globe? (October 30)

What methods can you use to plan for climate-wise connectivity (November 15)

Planning for connectivity based on land use, topography, and climate (December 8)

State	Year	Policy	Description
New Hampshire	2026	SB592	Enables regional, conservation, and energy resource planning for habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors
New Hampshire	2019	SB200	Requires the New Hampshire Department of Transportation to consider fish and wildlife crossings and mitigation measures in all future road and culvert projects
New Hampshire	2016	SB376	Requires the fish and game department to identify existing and needed wildlife corridors connecting wildlife habitats in the state and to make recommendations for legislative changes

State	Year	Policy	Description
Maine	2023	LD258	Appropriates $7.5 million to Department of Transportation to improve roadways with potential adaptations for wildlife
Maine	2023	LD1881	Establishes compensation fee program relating to fish and wildlife habitats and associated corridors, including compensation paid by solar energy development
Maine	2023	LD508	Requires Department of Environmental Protection to review its permitting laws concerning climate change, habitat connectivity, ecological resilience, and coastal environments

State	Year	Policy	Description
New Jersey	2025	S3618	Directs state agencies to develop a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan
New Jersey	2024	S3916/A5486	Expands eligibility for existing wildlife fencing programs by including farmers leasing farmland
New Jersey	2007	NJAC7:13	Requires the state to incorporate wildlife crossings or a natural bank for terrestrial threatened and endangered species and/or species of concern when a new bridge or culvert project would cause habitat fragmentation

State	Year	Policy	Description
New Mexico	2023	SB72	Appropriates money to new Wildlife Corridors Fund for implementation of wildlife crossing projects under New Mexico Wildlife Corridor Action Plan
New Mexico	2022	HB 2	Allocates funding for projects to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and allows the Department of Transportation and Department of Game to implement their Wildlife Corridors Action Plan
New Mexico	2019	SB 228	Requires the creation of a Wildlife Corridor Action Plan that includes comprehensive guidance to agencies for identifying, prioritizing and maintaining important areas for wildlife movement

State	Year	Policy	Description
Washington	2023	HB1216/SB5196	Requires Department of Ecology to prepare environmental impact statements for clean energy projects that consider impacts to habitat connectivity and wildlife migration corridors
Washington	2022	SB5689	Provides funding for US 97 Wildlife Crossing Improvements project
Washington	2019	SEO 1031.02	Recognizes the effect of roadways in creating barriers to wildlife movement, breeding, and migrations; the Washington State Department of Transportation will promote and support Practical Solutions and Planning and Environmental Linkages to integrate habitat connectivity and biodiversity plans; will make use of the highway prioritization map known as Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities; and will corporate and coordinate with other agencies involved in wildlife habitat protection, specifically along highways