Since 2018, the Department of the Interior and its partners have facilitated 73 projects across 11 states with the more than $47 million being invested from federal and matching grants in state-identified priority research projects, data analysis and mapping assistance, habitat-related projects and other activities.
“Great coordination with state, local and other private partners is leading to important wildlife conservation benefits related to winter range and migration corridors for elk, mule deer and pronghorn,” said U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt.
Big game species migrate across thousands of miles of federal, state, Tribal and private lands during their annual journeys. Secretary’s Order 3362 fosters improved collaboration with states and private landowners and coalesces these groups around robust science to more effectively and efficiently target on-the-ground conservation in the highest priority, scientifically defined migration corridors or winter range areas. Read more
