Regional

In 2012, CDFW began a project funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board to map wildlife connectivity areas in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills (NSNF). The project:

• Analyzed connectivity within the NSNF and between the NSNF and adjacent lands in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada using the NSNF fine-scale vegetation map recently completed by the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, and following recommendations from the statewide California Essential Habitat Connectivity project,
• Identified important core habitat areas for focal species and use species-specific data to model corridors between blocks of protected lands,
• Identified land facets, areas of land with uniform topographic and geologic features that will interact with future climate to support species and species movement under future climate conditions,
• Developed guidance on minimum standards for fine-scale connectivity modeling needed to meet the CDFW mission and mandates.

Reports

• Final Technical Report, January 2015 (PDF)
• Guidance Document for Fine-Scale Wildlife Connectivity Analysis, December 2014 (PDF)

Additional Information

• Project information sheet (PDF)
• Focal species list (PDF)
• Project study area (PDF)
• Conservation partners meeting presentation (PDF)