| Transboundary
CEA for the Grizzly Bear of the Castle and Flathead Watersheds | |
In
partnership with Alberta Ecotrust and the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network (EMAN), Miistakis completed a transboundary cumulative effects analysis
for grizzly bears in the Castle and Flathead watersheds. Miistakis' broad objective
was to apply a spatial modeling exercise which considered all human activities
within an ecosystem irrespective of jurisdiction or activity sector and qualify
their impact upon grizzly bears. Our
main objectives included the following: - Strengthen
the role of trans boundary CEA models in the decision making process
- Quantify
individual and collective effects in space and through time for the grizzly bear
- Provide
land managers with an analytical tool for evaluating grizzly bear recovery goals
and objectives
Given these objectives,
this transboundary cumulative effects project produced four linked products:- Literature
Review of cumulative effects modeling for grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains
- Habitat
Effectiveness Model
- Core
Security Model
- Linkage
Zone Model
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