
A science-based initiative designed to sustain and connect exceptional places of biodiversity across Kootenay landscapes.
A Whole Landscape Approach
Kootenay Connect Priority Places works with local partners to enhance, restore and manage large dry forest and riparian and wetland complexes to support the recovery of federally-listed species and species of local concern.
By focusing on habitat conservation, enhancement and connectivity within and between valley bottoms and mountain ranges, this initiative brings a whole landscape approach to strategically address habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation—especially in light of increasing human development and climate change.

