Maintaining Wide-Ranging Wildlife: Pronghorn Migration Routes and Crucial Habitat
2009. Maintaining Wide-Ranging Wildlife: Pronghorn Migration Routes and Crucial Habitat. National Park Foundation. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
National Park Foundation Spring 2009 Small Grants Program Report. The objective of this project is to document the long-distance migration routes used by pronghorn in south central Idaho. The herd being studied migrates from their summer range in the Pioneer Mountains across Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve to winter ranges on the upper Snake River Plain. A number of man-made obstacles including fences, highway traffic, and housing development can impede pronghorn travel and increase mortality during migration. To identify the migration route and crucial habitat along the route, a partnership of private organizations and state and federal agencies combined resources to use cutting edge technologies to provide a highly accurate record of the herd’s movements. This record will allow land managers and the State wildlife agency to identify crucial habitat areas along the migration route. Two private organizations, the Wildlife Conservation Society and Lava Lake Institute for Conservation and Science, lead this effort but many other partners provided funding or important services. In addition to this grant, $61,589 in funding and services were contributed to the project. A complete list of partners is included at the end of this report.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Date of Issue
- 2009
- Publisher
- National Park Foundation
- Units
- CRMO
- Keywords
- crucial habitat, Lava Lake Institute, Migration, Pronghorn
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals