For the last two years, WELC has prioritized the protection of wildlife corridors in order to address the catastrophic effects that climate change will have on the West's water and vegetation, in turn forcing wildlife to move in order to survive. At the heart of our work is fundamentally shifting how wildlife protection is viewed in decision-making processes to ensure that wildlife corridors are considered early in the process, before it is too late.  With the support of the Conservation Alliance we have achieved much success and are working to advance protection of wildlife migration corridors at the federal, state, and local levels.For example, with our partners, the Center for Large Landscape Conservation (the Center), WELC is working to administratively designate wildlife corridors on both Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands to increase protections and set the stage for federal administrative action by the Departments of Energy, Interior, and Agriculture.Following... Read More