Landscape Conservation Design in the High Divide. An Analysis of Future Landscape Scenarios and Their Viability
Final Report
Dates
Acquisition
2017-10-31
Summary
Through this project the Heart of the Rockies Initiative, on behalf of its many High Divide Collaborative partners, has engaged a broad cross-section of regional stakeholders to articulate a commonly shared conservation vision and to develop and implement conservation strategies to achieve that vision for the High Divide landscape of Eastern Idaho/Southwestern Montana. We have deployed a Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) process to provide stakeholders with a collaborative planning framework. Within this framework of stakeholder led conservation design, we have been providing stakeholders with the science based information and tools needed to model current and future landscape conditions and evaluate landscape stability under different [...]
Summary
Through this project the Heart of the Rockies Initiative, on behalf of its many High Divide Collaborative partners, has engaged a broad cross-section of regional stakeholders to articulate a commonly shared conservation vision and to develop and implement conservation strategies to achieve that vision for the High Divide landscape of Eastern Idaho/Southwestern Montana. We have deployed a Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) process to provide stakeholders with a collaborative planning framework. Within this framework of stakeholder led conservation design, we have been providing stakeholders with the science based information and tools needed to model current and future landscape conditions and evaluate landscape stability under different future scenarios. Understanding the feasibility of different future conditions across the landscape and their long-term stability will help land managers and conservation practitioners understand the pace and scope of conservation action needed to achieve a healthy and thriving landscape. This effort broadly addresses the GNLCC Strategic Conservation Framework goal of conserving permeable landscapes with connectivity across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems while simultaneously addressing the new GNLCC goal of support for the social and economic needs of people and communities as they strive to sustain their livelihoods, stories, culture and identity.
