Teacher Resources

We have the resources you need when teaching about conservation corridors in your K-12 or undergraduate classroom. Search the table below for keywords, or sort by grade level to locate resources that fit your curriculum.

Title	Corridor Theme(s)	Summary	Organization	Grade Level(s)
Seed dispersal and habitat fragmentation	Habitat fragmentation	This video follows scientists studying the seeds that brown spider monkeys disperse in a tropical forest of Colombia in order to inform and improve reforestation efforts.	HHMI Biointeractive	High School
Seed dispersal in tropical forests	Habitat fragmentation	Accompanies "Seed dispersal and habitat fragmentation" video. Students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply ideas to the design of a conservation area.	HHMI Biointeractive	High School
From Ants to grizzlies: a general rule for saving biodiversity	Island biogeography, Biodiversity	This film explores the species-area relationship, a general ecological rule that describes how the number of species in a habitat changes with area, and shows how it has been applied to conservation.	HHMI Biointeractive	High School
City parks: wildlife islands in a sea of cement	Island biogeography, Biodiversity	Analyze authentic camera trap data and explore whether biodiversity is dependent on park size.	Data Nuggets	High School, Undergraduate
Connecting landscapes in a changing world	Habitat fragmentation	Lesson covering why habitat area and reserve design are important. Concludes with an activity where students are challenged to engineer the best disperser for given environment types.	Michigan State University, Kellogg Biological Station	Middle School, High School
Habitat loss and fragmentation: the good, bad, and ugly	Habitat fragmentation	Game where you see what impacts fragmentation has by putting yourself in the shoes of the critters dealing with the changes we make	Michigan State University, Kellogg Biological Station	Middle School
Plant hopscotch: The leaps & bounds of invasive species	Habitat fragmentation	Annotated research paper about rapid evolution speeding up plant population spread in fragmented experimental landscapes.	Science in the Classroom	High School
How do dogs make trouble for wildlife in the Andes?	Habitat fragmentation	Cutting edge peer-reviewed science research adapted for students	Science Journal for Kids	Middle School, High School
How do dams affect fish populations?	Habitat fragmentation	Cutting edge peer-reviewed science research adapted for students	Science Journal for Kids	Middle School, High School
Not just ivory - another threat for Asian elephants?	Habitat fragmentation	Cutting edge peer-reviewed science research adapted for students	Science Journal for Kids	Middle School, High School
What if a salmon meets a catfish?	Habitat fragmentation	Cutting edge peer-reviewed science research adapted for students	Science Journal for Kids	Middle School, High School
Wildlife crossings, from bridges to tunnels to overpasses	Wildlife bridges	Article on popular science adapted for students.	Newsela	Middle School
How did the grizzly bear cross the road?	Wildlife bridges	Article on popular science adapted for students.	Newsela	Middle School
Wildlife corridors for kids	Movement, Connectivity, Fragmentation, Wildlife corridors	Two semester unit developed to assist Australian students to learn about and understand the importance and need for connectivity conservation and the value of large landscape projects.	Glideways	Elementary, Middle School
Designing fish-friendly culverts (and bridges)	Migration	A hands-on lesson to help teach youth about the amazing lives of migratory fish, and how barriers to their migration impact their survival.	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service	Middle School, Grades 5-8
Florida panthers and wildlife corridors	Wildlife corridors	In this lesson, students learn about the Florida Panther, threats to its survival and the role of wildlife corridors as an attempt to reduce roadway fatalities. Includes game simulating panther crossings.	CPALMS	High School, Grade 9
Pitfall traps & diversity indices	Edge effects, Biodiversity	Publication describing an activity where students collect authentic ecological data with pitfall traps, within the context of edge effect ecology and habitat conservation.	The American Biology Teacher	High School
Stakeholder engagement meeting	Wildlife corridors	In this activity, students will investigate a scenario where high rates of wildlife-vehicle collisions are afflicting the local community. Students will role-play different community interest groups in a mock meeting.	Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative	Middle School, High School
Bear 148 poetry lesson	Wildlife	Students will evaluate the Bear 148 case study and create original poems or songs to express their feelings and thoughts about this real-life story.	Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative	Middle School, High School
Habitat fragmentation and wildlife corridors	Habitat fragmentation, Island biogeography, Metapopulations	Students will discover how landscape patch size and proximity determine an organism’s ability to disperse or successfully establish and colonize habitat patches, impacting extinction rates and overall biodiversity.	Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative	Middle School, High School
How can we protect animals when their habitat changes?	Wildlife corridors, wildlife	Curriculum with a focus on engineering design, with a secondary focus on life science.	Smithsonian Science Education Center	Elementary School, Grade 3
How can I help an animal cross the road safely?	Wildlife corridors, wildlife	In this activity, students will read about wildlife corridors. They identify an animal that lives in their area and a road that it will have to cross. They design a way for the animal to cross this road and build a model of their design.	Smithsonian Science Education Center	Elementary School, Grade 3
NEON Data in the Classroom: Quantifying Spatial Patterns	Spatial patterns	Students build on fundamental concepts of spatial patterns and combine this knowledge with the open-data from NEON to quantify spatial autocorrelation and complexity.	National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)	Undergraduate
Virtual Field Trips	Wildlife, biodiversity	Students are able to tour botanical gardens, national parks, nature museums and more without leaving home.	Ava's Flowers	Elementary School, Middle School, High School

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
Vermont	2023	Act59	Vermont's 30x30 law that commits to conserving and maintaining an ecologically functional landscape that sustains biodiversity and maintains landscape connectivity
Vermont	2016	Act 171	Primarily focuses on timber harvesting regulations, but calls for a study of necessary revisions to planning statutes that protect contiguous areas of forestland from fragmentation and promote habitat connectivity between forestlands

State	Year	Policy	Description
Colorado	2026	SB141	Creates optional collision prevention fee to fund wildlife safe passage projects
Colorado	2025	HB1093	Restricts local limits on residential density unless offset elsewhere, exempts areas near wildlife crossings, and allows municipalities to seek judicial review of land use initiatives
Colorado	2023	SB 23-092	Encourages minimal impacts to wildlife migration corridors when constructing solar panel farms
Colorado	2023	SB 214	Appropriates funding to the Colorado Wildlife Safe Passages Fund for wildlife crossing projects
Colorado	2022	SB22-151	Creates a $5 million fund for measures that reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and reconnect habitat fragmented by roads
Colorado	2022	HB22-1072	Expands the scope of Habitat Partnership Program to fund efforts to conserve wildlife migration
Colorado	2021	SJR 21-021	Aims to protect and enhance habitat connectivity in the state through the establishment of a working group to develop state policies on corridors, as well as the commission of a report on state corridors and voluntary policies to support willing landowners in improving connectivity
Colorado	2019	EO 11	Directs Colorado agencies to identify policy, regulatory, and legislative opportunities to ensure the ongoing conservation of seasonal big game habitat and migration corridors
Colorado	2018	SB 18-143	States explicit goals for Division of Parks and Wildlife to invest in habitat conservation and wildlife crossings

State	Year	Policy	Description
California	2024	AB1889	Requires counties and municipalities to conserve wildlife corridors when planning new developments
California	2023	AB1760	Calls for a statewide analysis of wildlife corridors and connectivity to support conservation planning and climate change adaptation activities.
California	2023	SB145	Outlines provisions for transportation-related environmental mitigation, including funding for wildlife corridors, property and credit purchases for mitigation, reporting requirements, and mandates for wildlife crossings along Interstate 15.
California	2023	SB101	Provides funding for wildlife corridors and open spaces, including projects to improve connectivity and reduce barriers between habitat areas.
California	2022	AB2344	Establishes a state program to address roads with high wildlife-vehicle collisions, authorizes Caltrans to develop standalone wildlife connectivity projects, mandates an inventory and prioritization system for critical areas, and requires integration of wildlife passage features into relevant road designs.
California	2022	AB1384	Requires agencies to address vulnerabilities in Safeguarding California Plans, including protecting and enhancing wildlife corridors
California	2021	SB790	Approves compensatory mitigation credits for wildlife connectivity actions
California	2021	AB1183	Establishes the California Desert Conservation Program to protect biodiversity, including the protection and enhancement of habitat connectivity
California	2021	AB128	Appropriates funding for wildlife crossing projects, including the Liberty Canyon crossing for mountain lions
California	2015	AB 498	Amends the California Fish and Game Code to encourage, wherever feasible, voluntary steps to protect the functioning of wildlife corridors
California	2014	AB1471	Provides funds to the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, in part to protect and restore aquatic, wetland, and migratory bird ecosystems including corridors.
California	2008	AB2785	Orders Dept. of Fish & Wildlife to investigate, study, and identify key wildlife corridors and linkages within the state, and to make those areas public

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