The Conservation Registry

The McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor Project includes the aquisition of a perpetual conservation easement to protect important private timberlands in the narrowest and most viable linkage between the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak Mountain ecosystems in northern Idaho.

Funding

The McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor Project was ranked 3rd in the nation in the U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program and was awarded nearly $3.5 million. This amount reflects 75% of the project costs. The Nature Conservancy is actively seeking to raise the requried 25% match.

Primary motivations:

Conservation Mission

Consistent with plans:

Nature Conservancy Ecoregional Plan

State Wildlife Action Plan

Species Recovery Plan

Conservation Plan

Land Trust Strategic Conservation Plan

Targeted habitats:

• Aquatic
  • Rivers and Streams
• Forests and Woodlands
  • Conifer Forests
• Wetlands and Riparian Habitats
  • Forested or Shrub Wetlands and Swamps

Targeted species:

• Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis
• Elk Cervus canadensis
• Gray Wolf Canis lupus
• Canadian Lynx Lynx canadensis
• American Black Bear Ursus americanus
• Wolverine Gulo gulo
• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
• Moose Alces americanus

Is the success of this projects actions being monitored?  Yes

Please describe your monitoring activity.
Ultimately, the success for this project is the permanent protection afforded by the completed conservation easement and forest management plan. The easement will be monitored annually. There is also the potential to use technology such as remote cameras, GPS collars, and hair snares coupled with DNA analysis in the future to monitor wildlife movement within the McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor.