Wildlife Linkage Planning in Arizona
The past several years have seen exciting advances in wildlife linkage planning throughout Arizona. Two of the major efforts since 2004 have been the Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup and the Arizona Missing Linkages project.
Arizona Wildlife Linkages Workgroup
Following an initial workshop at the Phoenix Zoo in April 2004, nine public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including AZGFD, ADOT, FHWA, USFS, BLM, NAU, Sky Island Alliance, and the Widlands Project initiated a collaborative effort to proactively address wildlife connectivity in Arizona. They identified and mapped large blocks of protected habitat threatened by fragmentation and prioritized areas for further study. Their report, Arizona's Wildlife Linkages Assessment, can be downloaded from ADOT's website.
Arizona Missing Linkages
Funded by Arizona Game & Fish Department, our team of conservation biologists and GIS Analysts at Northern Arizona University are creating detailed linkage designs for 16 priority areas highlighted in the Wildlife Linkages Assesment. These plans identify and map multi-species corridors that will best maintain wildlife movement between wildland blocks, as well as highlight specific planning and road mitigation measures required to maintain connectivity in these corridors. The first 8 reports and supporting GIS data created in 2005-2006 are now available for download.
Download Arizona Linkage Design Reports
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Terms & Conditions
This information is available to assist in identifying general areas of concern only. The computerized information provided should only be relied upon with corroboration of the methods, assumptions, and results by a qualified independent source.
The user assumes full responsibility for the misinterpretation or manipulation of the data. The user of this information shall indemnify and hold free the Northern Arizona University, Arizona Game & Fish, and the State of Arizona from any and all liabilities, damages, lawsuits, and causes of action that result as a consequence of his/her reliance on information provided herein or from any misinterpretation or manipulation of the data.
