Reconnecting & restoring wildlife in Bend, he Ímuris train proposal, where clean energy and wildlife restoration converge and more...
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Dear John,
Community is more than just people. Community is all of the living things that make up a place: people, plants, and animals alike. Respecting these communities requires thoughtful listening, learning, and humility to understand life in all of its diversity.
At Wildlands Network, we are just that – a network, built on a history of launching conservation initiatives across North America. We always look for new opportunities to partner with and learn from communities around the continent in order to make real change.
Sustainable conservation victories need buy-in from the human community and viable, ongoing support, which is best when in partnership with diverse groups. We are building more resilient communities focused on restoring and defending Nature by directly incorporating environmental justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion into every project.
While we can’t work everywhere in North America, we hope to demonstrate community-centered approaches that can be replicated anywhere. Read on to learn more about projects in our network of communities below.
For the wild,
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Wildlands Network is using the power of community to reconnect and restore wildlife in Bend, Oregon. Between Bend and Suttle Lake, Highway 20 bisects elk and deer migration pathways and creates dangerously high numbers of wildlife-vehicle collisions. To create a solution, we joined forces with public agencies, private institutions, and community members with a tangible goal: to put in place the wildlife crossings needed to maintain migration routes for deer and elk.
We encourage you to replicate this community-centric model near your home!
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Towns, agriculture, highways, interstates, railways, pipelines, and a border wall all fragment the landscapes of the Sky Island region, a biodiversity hotspot shared by the U.S. and Mexico. Now, a new rail line, recently proposed near the town of Ímuris in the Mexican state of Sonora, threatens one of the last perennial waterways in the area. The line would run through the homes of hundreds of families and of three species endangered in Mexico: ocelots, jaguars, and black bears. The project was met with immediate local resistance.
To help the community, we partnered with local landowners and other conservation groups in offering support and scientific expertise.
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With an urgent need for a rapid transition to renewable energy, a boom in solar development is on its way in the United States. However, regulators lack the tools and information needed to develop environmental standards that address the compound impact that a multitude of solar development projects could have on wildlife.
To address these information gaps, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and the Four Corners community, we are conducting one of the largest-scale studies on the impact of solar development on ungulate species yet.
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Did you know that thick-billed parrots were once native to the United States? Parrots! Sadly, they’ve been extirpated in the U.S. by activities like logging and pet trade. They are now an endangered species, persisting only in remote pockets of Northwest Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.
We’re working with the Tutuaca and Conoachi communities in the state of Chihuahua to bring them back. By partnering with local groups to conserve the bird’s nesting grounds and support wildfire response, we’re empowering the community to be long-term stewards of the forest in the face of a changing climate.
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Whatcom County has recognized the importance of wildlife habitat connectivity and seeks to protect critical connectivity areas under the County’s Critical Area Ordinance. To support them in the process, we partnered with the County to offer our connectivity expertise. Over the past two years, we developed a series of structural connectivity maps that identify important core habitats, critical corridors, and predicted movement patterns across the local landscape for terrestrial species.
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Wildlife need you, John!
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Will you give to sustain connected landscapes that promote climate-resilient communities for people and wildlife?
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