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Landscape Connectivity: An Essential Element of Land Management PDF

Landscape connectivity has become a vital component in conservation science and land management planning, especially as human activities continue to reduce the size of natural areas and isolate them from one another. Significant consequences of those activities include isolation of populations of native species and disruption of their natural movements, dispersal patterns, and gene flows. To sustain these vital processes, and thus help species survive, it is imperative to maintain landscape connections among isolated areas.

Roadless Areas: The Missing Link in Conservation - An Analysis of Biodiversity and Landscape Connectivity in the Northern Rockies PDF

In January 2001, the U.S. Forest Service adopted the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that seeks to conserve a large portion of unprotected wildland on national forests for posterity. However, the Bush Administration has suspended the rule for an indefinite period of time. To exemplify the importance of roadless areas to conservation goals, TWS conducted a state-of-the-art landscape analyses in the Northern Rockies to investigate potential ecological impact of roadless areas.