Case study – A process to conserve species and communities at risk along right-of-ways
Problem – Roads, railways, power lines, and pipelines negatively affect biodiversity through habitat loss and deterioration.
Assessment – Vegetation is continuously modified through tree and shrub trimming and removal.
Solution – Alpha Wildlife was involved in the development of a stepwise process to properly identify species at risk habitats, develop guidelines to mitigate negative impacts associated with maintenance operations, and properly train crews involved in vegetation management.
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Example of narrow and wide rights-of-way managed for species at risk conservation.
Proulx, G., D. Bernier, and S. Hawker. 2007. A process to conserve species and communities at risk along right-of-ways. Abstract. Pages 61-64 in Managing environmental impacts of linear corridors and infrastructure, Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, November 7-8, 2007, Revelstoke, British Columbia.