Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Upper Columbia Ecological Priorities

Ecosystem Enhancement Program Upper Columbia Ecological Priorities The following ecosystem priorities were identified through a review of regional plans and research, and by seeking input from community groups, First Nations representatives, government agencies, and subject matter experts. [...] Species, habitats and processes are not limited to those listed below. [...] Wetland/Riparian Conservation, restoration and enhancement of wetlands and riparian areas Priority Habitat Priority Species Priority Processes • valley bottom wetlands • northern leopard frog • landscape connectivity- • high elevation wetlands • western painted turtle valley bottom to mountain • interconnected floodplain • western toad top wetlands • At risk wetland and migratory • ecological corr. [...] Conservation and restoration of upland habitats that support species at risk and focal species Priority Habitat Priority Species Priority Processes • open forest • elk, moose, mule deer • Landscape connectivity- • ungulate winter range • bighorn sheep valley bottom to mountain • climax grasslands • mountain caribou top • alpine and high elevation • mountain goat • Ecological corridors grasslands •. [...] low • American badger • food web interactions elevation old growth • American beaver (predator-prey, seed Douglas-fir forests • American marten dispersal, pollination) • inland temperate rainforest • Lewis’s Woodpecker • natural fire regime • rare plant communities • Clark’s Nutcracker • climate refugia • ice fields/glaciers • Peregrine falcon • resiliency • avalanche chutes • Common Nighthawk • r.