Mapping What Matters

Restoring the Wildways starts with understanding them.

Tracking and mapping wildlife movement is critical to understanding which habitats are a priority for connecting, restoring, and rewilding. Our teams collect movement data and create maps to visualize pathways, identify barriers, and pinpoint the gaps that need to be opened and connected.

Studying Species & Habitat

Healthy Wildways depend on species that can move, nest, and thrive within them. These maps track wildlife movement and habitat connectivity to guide the restoration work that keeps corridors intact.

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Advocating for Bird-Friendly Forestry in West Virginia

Golden-winged Warblers, Wood Thrushes, and Cerulean Warblers migrate from South America each year to nest in West Virginia. This StoryMap helps landowners learn and implement bird-friendly forestry practices.

Studying Connectivity in Lake Tahoe Basin

The Lake Tahoe Basin Connectivity Study seeks to understand wildlife movement throughout the basin to develop and inform a management strategy that will alleviate barriers to wildlife movement and will protect and enhance functional habitat linkages.

Documenting Barriers & Borders

Fences, walls, and jurisdictional lines don’t mean anything to wildlife — but they shape where animals can and can’t go. Our work documents the barriers fragmenting the Wildways and identifies where solutions are needed most.

Explore Across Boundaries

Mapping the Border Wall in Arizona and New Mexico

458 miles of border wall were built between the US and Mexico between 2017 and 2021. The environmental damage is severe. This interactive map highlights six priority restoration areas in Arizona and New Mexico.

Mapping Roads & Crossings

Roads kill over a billion animals across North America every year. We’re working to show where that toll is highest and where wildlife crossings can restore safe passage along the Wildways.

Explore Wildlife Crossings

 

Wildlife Crossings Across California

The most complete database of wildlife crossing infrastructure in California to date. Explore an interactive map of crossing locations designed to facilitate wildlife movement across roadways statewide.

This project was made possible with the support of the Wildlife Conservation Network.

US 395 in Lassen & Sierra County

US 395 fragments critical migration routes for mule deer, elk, pronghorn, and other species in Lassen and Sierra County. Explore the data driving our work to build wildlife crossings along the corridor.

Planning for Climate Resilience and Wildlife Connectivity in Virginia

Flood-prone roads are both a climate risk and a barrier to wildlife movement. This map identifies where flood-resilient crossings can improve connectivity and strengthen ecosystem resilience.

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