Kootenay Connect Priority Places has been addressing the dual crises of decreasing biodiversity and intensified climate disruption in the Kootenay region, for seven years, across seven landscapes.
This report shares the impact of Kootenay Connect Priority Places. It celebrates the remarkable work of local champions and partners—working together for the place we all call home, now and for the future.
Nearly ten years ago, new research envisioned a landscape-level framework for conservation work in the region. Rather than focusing on a single species or ecosystem, a dozen ecological corridors were mapped across the Kootenays. This network of corridors called “Kootenay Connect” represented biodiversity hotspots, linked by a variety of habitat types, with potential climate change refugia. KCP built on this science-based framework and catalyzed a new initiative—Kootenay Connect Priority Places.
Kootenay Connect Priority Places has been addressing the dual crises of decreasing biodiversity and intensified climate disruption in the Kootenay region, for seven years, across seven landscapes. Applying leading-edge practices, this initiative has supported a team of over 40 local partners and specialists with habitat-based projects in priority ecological corridors across the Kootenays. Species recovery depends on habitat recovery: these efforts have improved the overall capacity of wetlands, riparian areas, grasslands, and forests to withstand, recover and bounce back from stressors and major disturbances.
To view the flipbook version of the Impact Report on Kootenay Connect Priority Places webpage, please visit: https://kootenayconservation.ca/kootenay-connect-priority-places/
Lead image: Columbia Lake on the cover of Kootenay Connect Priority Places IMPACT Report: 2019-2026.
