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Modeling Connections Between Alaska's National Parks and Wildlife Refuges
​Alaska’s hundreds of millions of acres of public protected lands are large and currently well-connected, but will face pressures. Shifting treelines, species compositions, and climates make planning for future corridors difficult. This study identified potential landscape linkages between Alaska’s National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges using a method that relies on enduring features of the land that climate change will not change. This provides a proactive land use planning tool amid scenarios of change and development. Information from these analyses has been included in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s ongoing planning efforts for interior Alaska.
Our Role
Funder, collaborator
Project Leader
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners
Bureau of Land Management 
Contact
​Dawn Magness: 
​dawn_magness@fws.gov
More information
Report in Landscape Ecology

Report in Alaska Park Science
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Spatial Datasets
Topics
Adaptation, Climate Change, Land Use Planning, Wildlife
Approaches
Decision-Making Tools, Scientific Research
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The study identified strategic areas (yellow and red lines) that could connect public lands in order to provide future corridors for habitat and wildlife.
Thank You

The Northwest Boreal Partnership would like to thank our generous core funders: the Volgenau Foundation, Alaska Conservation Foundation, National Science Foundation, Network for Landscape Conservation, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 

​Photos for this site provided by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tanana Chiefs Conference.
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