The 8th annual WildLinks conference was held November 10-12, 2014 at the North Cascades Institute in Washington. Hosted by the Cascadia Partner Forum, the conference objectives were to: Share information on upcoming or underway adaptation related efforts in the transboundary region to increase coordination and involvement, while providing time and space to further these efforts; Gain local expertise and contribution to North Pacific and Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperatives regional planning efforts, including furthering input from Cascadia on three Great Northern LCC conservation targets prioritized by the Cascadia Partner Forum: Grizzly Bear, Salmon, and Ecological Connectivity (aquatic and terrestrial); Build [...]
Summary
The 8th annual WildLinks conference was held November 10-12, 2014 at the North Cascades Institute in Washington. Hosted by the Cascadia Partner Forum, the conference objectives were to:
Share information on upcoming or underway adaptation related efforts in the transboundary region to increase coordination and involvement, while providing time and space to further these efforts;
Gain local expertise and contribution to North Pacific and Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperatives regional planning efforts, including furthering input from Cascadia on three Great Northern LCC conservation targets prioritized by the Cascadia Partner Forum: Grizzly Bear, Salmon, and Ecological Connectivity (aquatic and terrestrial);
Build on last year’s access management workshop by providing updates from the ground throughout Cascadia, while furthering road analyses in four spatial priority areas in or connecting to Cascadia to inform timely management discussions;
Allowing time and space for side meeting on important topics within Cascadia and connected ecosystems;
Continue building a network of practitioners working on building resiliency into the species and ecosystems of Cascadia and connected ecosystems.
