Action Center

Forest Summit 2019

The Upper Rio Grande is home to some of the most intact wildlife corridors in the nation, but  development threatens to disrupt many of those important pathways. Since bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer and other wildlife species don’t recognize manmade borders, the only way to protect migration corridors is to make sure all land planners, private landowners and community members work together.

Such cross-jurisdictional collaboration was precisely the focus of the third Upper Rio Grande Wildlife Corridors Summit held in Taos, New Mexico on August 20^th.  More than 160 people gathered to report on the latest science, share best practices, review national forest plans and celebrate legislative initiatives.  The group included a diverse array of state and federal planners, elected officials, tribal leaders, traditional land users and private landowners.   It was organized by National Wildlife Federation on behalf of the Upper Rio Grande Wildlife Initiative to protect habitat connectivity in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. (more…)