| The Wild Connections Conservation Plan |
The Wild Connections Conservation Plan is a dynamic concept based on the principles of conservation biology. Key components include large roadless cores, connecting habitat linkages and rewilding by providing for wide-ranging carnivores. Various aspects of Wild Connections are mapped; natural qualities are described; and proposed management will protect the wildlands network, biodiversity and wilderness characteristics.
Strategies to put the Wild Connections Conservation Plan into practical action include Wilderness designation, connecting to other wildlands networks and ensuring the the Pike-San Isabel Forest plan revision incorporates major recommendations.
Explore aspects of the Conservation Plan by clicking on any of the links, or go to the submenus in the sidebar. The Wild Connections Conservation Plan can be downloaded on the Document page. Maps can be viewed or downloaded on the Maps page and GIS data are available on the GIS page. To order a CD version contact info@wildconnections.org
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| Browns Canyon, photo by Kurt Kunkle |
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| Mountain lion, photo by Dave Jones |
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The Wild Connections management proposal is defined in the Wild Connections Conservation Plan. A map of the management proposal can be seen at Wild Connections Map.
Wild Connections was originally born out of the citizen inventory of 100 roadless areas that are shown on the Roadless Areas map.
The Southern Rockies Wildlands Network Vision and The Spine of the Continent show how wildlands networks can be linked across the Rockies and the continent.
The Central Colorado Wilderness Coalition has proposed Congressional designation of the Wild Ten areas in central Colorado. Such designation would implement part of Wild Connections by creating protected areas in El Paso, Teller, Fremont, Park. Chaffee and Lake counties.
The Colorado Wilderness Network’s Colorado Canyon Country Wilderness Proposal for BLM and USFS lands includes s million acres of proposed Wilderness across the state, including six areas along the Arkansas River.
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