Great Lakes Improve Corridors

HABITAT MANAGEMENT
As temperatures increase and seasonal precipitation changes, so will vegetation and the habitat that native species of the Great Lakes region depend upon. To ensure that species such as moose, cranes, migrating songbirds, and many others continue to survive in the region, it is important to protect remaining habitat.


Solution strategies:	IMPROVE CORRIDORS	PROTECT HABITAT	STOP SPECIES INVASIONS
As habitat is fragmented, populations of species are divided and reduced, threatening their survival. The creation and protection of ‘corridors,’ or strips of habitat connecting larger conservation areas, provides species a way of traveling between several larger pieces of habitat and thus preventing the isolation of small populations. In addition, creating corridors improves a species’ ability to migrate to new areas and thus adapt to a changing climate.