The Duncan Lardeau focal area was added in Year 5 (2023-2024) of Kootenay Connect Priority Places. Consequently, the project results reported for this area are based on its first year of funding.
Year 5 (2023-24)
The Duncan Lardeau (DL) Connectivity subproject has identified and mapped 29 travel routes/corridors known by the author (BH/NK) to have been used by wildlife over the past 20 years and currently (2023). Most of those shown are large mammal trails, obvious tracks indicating use by deer, elk and sporadically various carnivores. Three road-crossing zones used or potentially used by amphibians and reptiles are also mapped. We will also be providing a layer from Dr. Michael Proctor which indicates routes used by grizzly bears in moving through the project area. The apparent threats to connectivity in the mapped corridors are ranked in terms of threat status and priority for attention.
