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Feds look for efficiencies in conservation efforts
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — Since wildlife doesn’t recognize the lines on a map that represent political boundaries, it’s important for conservation biologists to know how wild animals move on a regional level.
A new initiative from the Western Governors’ Association may help with those large-scale planning efforts, according to the Bureau of Land Management, which last week announced that it will use state and regional data and maps to help it identify wildlife corridors and crucial habitat.
The maps will be available for the BLM to use as a result of the Western Wildlife Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool, known as “CHAT,” an initiative of the Western Governors’ Association. (more…)
Filed under: Environment, federal government, Summit County news, wildlife | Tagged: BLM, Bureau of Land management, conservation, sage grouse, Western Governors Association, wildlife, Wildlife corridor | 2 Comments »
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