On this page Announcements Program Overview Program Guidelines Contact Related Information Announcements Recorded Presentation of the October 2024 CAM webinar is now available. To view the presentation slides, visit the Program Guidelines and Resources section below. Wildlife Connectivity Advance Mitigation Guidelines now available. Sign up to receive updates about Connectivity Advance Mitigation (CAM) in California. Subscribe Program Overview California wildlife is losing the ability to move and migrate as habitat conversion and built infrastructure disrupt or impede migration corridors. Effective January 1, 2022 via Senate Bill 790, Fish and Game Code §1955-1958, titled “Wildlife Connectivity Actions,” allows CDFW to adopt guidelines to promote habitat connectivity projects in California. The Wildlife Connectivity Advance Mitigation Guidelines (Guidelines) create incentives for improving habitat connectivity that will protect and enhance movement and migration for California’s most threatened species. The Guidelines are applicable to the Conservation and Mitigation Banking Program and Mitigation Credit Agreements (MCAs), as part of the Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS) Program (Fish & G. Code, § 1955, subdivision (f)). CDFW has the authority to create credits under these programs for actions that improve aquatic or terrestrial habitat connectivity inhibited by built infrastructure or habitat fragmentation. Credits created from wildlife connectivity actions can then be sold by sponsors to permittees needing compensatory mitigation to offset their project’s environmental impacts. Sponsors can, therefore, earn a return on their ecological investment by selling credits created as part of the wildlife connectivity action. The credits created can fulfill compensatory mitigation requirements established under state or federal environmental laws, including but not limited to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), and Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements (Fish & G. Code, § 1957, subdivision (e)). Program Guidelines and Resources Wildlife Connectivity Advance Mitigation Guidelines (PDF) September 2024 Target Species Scoring Sheet (PDF) September 2024 Target Species Scoring Justification Checklist (PDF) September 2024 Target Habitat Scoring Sheet (PDF) September 2024 Target Habitat Scoring Justification Checklist (PDF) September 2024 Wildlife Connectivity Action Bank Checklist (PDF) September 2024 Wildlife Connectivity Action MCA Checklist (PDF) September 2024 Connectivity Advance Mitigation FAQ (PDF) September 2024 Advance Mitigation Options Decision Tree (PDF) September 2024 Presentation Recording: CAM Public Webinar (YouTube Video) October 2024 Slide Deck: CAM Public Webinar (PDF) October 2024 Contact For further information about Connectivity Advance Mitigation (CAM), contact the CAM Team at MitConnect@wildlife.ca.gov. Related Information Associated Programs Conservation and Mitigation Banking Program Mitigation Credit Agreements (MCAs) Resources Science Institute's Habitat Connectivity page Wildlife Barrier Priorities Report Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE) dataset CDFW Habitat Connectivity Viewer California Roadkill Observation System (CROS) 2022 Streets and Highways code (AB 2344) related to wildlife connectivity California Fish Passage Forum California Fish Passage Advisory Committee (FishPAC)