Annual Digest Summary - 2024 - Conservation Corridor

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Science

Human activity disrupts functional connectivity (January 18)

Connectivity supports ecosystem resilience to regime shifts (February 22)

Population synchrony across ecosystem boundaries (March 15)

Forest edges and leaf functional traits impact decomposition (April 9)

How dangerous is dispersal across habitat boundaries? (May 20)

Spanning the ocean depths to better conserve marine biodiversity (June 24)

Functional connectivity can be seasonal (July 8)

Rethinking landscape ecology and metapopulation dynamics (August 16)

The extent of global tropical forest degradation (September 24)

The matrix matters for biodiversity (October 21)

The science and practice of connectivity model validation (November 11)

Migration connects ecosystems through nutrient subsidies (December 9)

Management

Introducing the Midwest Conservation Blueprint (January 12)

Key Biodiversity Areas are frequently fragmented by human disturbance (February 9)

Environmental, social, and management networks of protected areas (March 28)

Keeping rare species connected in urban areas (April 24)

Managing urban areas to conserve endangered species (May 13)

How well do wildlife crossing structures work? (June 17)

Incorporating human perspectives into identifying wildlife corridors (July 23)

Identifying stepping stones to increase connectivity (August 9)

Road mitigation structures: do they work for all species? (September 19)

Habitat fragmentation in conservation versus restoration (October 14)

Marine protections account for 10% of fish on coral reefs (November 25)

Habitat fragmentation shapes tick-borne disease dynamics (December 18)

Policy

Preparations for the CoP-14 to the Convention on Migratory Species (January 25)

Funding awarded under the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (February 28)

Outcomes of the CoP-14 to the Convention on Migratory Species (March 21)

Wildlife Corridor Action Plans across the U.S. (April 30)

Connectivity in National Policies: Kazakhstan (May 31)

Policy Preview: Bipartisan Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act (June 28)

Ecological corridors protected by law in Brazil’s Pantanal region (August 30)

Florida Panther Payment for Ecosystem Services Pilot Program (September 30)

Climate Change

Migratory connectivity shifts under climate change (January 30)

Connectivity metrics for protected area networks (February 15)

Barriers to climate connectivity (March 8)

Marine protected area networks buffer against climate warming (April 18)

Reaching 30×30 goals for mountain ecosystems (May 24)

Climate warming and connectivity shift the gut microbiome (June 10)

Fragmentation limits the natural regeneration of tropical forests (July 16)

Management actions to restore climate refugia (August 23)

Connectivity and climate affect diversity-stability relationships (September 10)

Hurricanes promote connectivity for corals and their diseases (October 7)

Extreme weather impacts genetic diversity (November 18)

How well do species track temperature under climate change? (December 13)

30x30

Connectivity metrics for protected area networks (February 15)

Reaching 30×30 goals for mountain ecosystems (May 24)

Spanning the ocean depths to better conserve marine biodiversity (June 24)

Marine protections account for 10% of fish on coral reefs (November 25)

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Annual Digest Summary – 2023

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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

State	Year	Policy	Description
Florida	2024	SB1638	Dedicates annual funding to land purchases, conservation easements, and trail maintenance within Florida Wildlife Corridor
Florida	2023	HB1379	Creates annual appropriation to acquire lands that complete certain linkages and are under high population stress within Florida Wildlife Corridor
Florida	2023	SB2500 sec.146	Provides funding to buy Ocala to Osceola (“O2O”) Wildlife Corridor
Florida	2021	SB976	Tasks state agencies with maintaining wildlife connectivity and designates Florida Wildlife Corridor as an existing physical, geographically defined area
Florida	2021	SB2500	Appropriates $300 million to acquire lands to conserve Florida Wildlife Corridor
Florida	2019	SB7068	Creates a "Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program" that includes protection of wildlife corridors as an intended benefit
Florida	2008	SB542	Amends Florida Forever Act statues to include goals of connecting linkage corridors
Florida	2001	SB1468	Amends Florida Forever Act to establish that land acquisitions should include complete landscape linkages and corridors
Florida	1999	S908	Creates Florida Forever Program, with increased protection of lands that protect threatened or endangered species and plans to create a statewide system of connected landscape linkages

Annual Digest Summary – 2024

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