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Abstract
To identify the remaining areas of the Interior Cedar- Hemlock Forest of North America and prioritize them for conservation planning, the Craighead Environmental Research Institute has developed a 2-scale method for mapping critical habitat utilizing 1) a broad-scale model to identify important regional locations as the basis for a Conservation Area Design (CAD), and 2) fine-scale models for analyzing habitat quality and connectivity at site-specific locations targeted by the broad-scale analysis. The basic assumption is that if we can maintain healthy populations of focal species, we can protect biodiversity and healthy ecosystems. A habitat modeling approach was used that can be adapted to any landscape in the United States and Canada for almost any wildlife species.
Parent Publication
Keywords
wilderness,
biodiversity,
protected areas,
economics,
subsistence,
tourism,
traditional knowledge,
community involvement,
policy,
stewardship,
education,
spiritual values
Citation
Craighead, Lance; Cross, Baden. 2007. Identifying core habitat and connectivity for focal species in the interior cedar-hemlock forest of North America to complete a conservation area design. In: Watson, Alan; Sproull, Janet; Dean, Liese, comps. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; September 30-October 6, 2005; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 281-296
