Ecosystem Enhancement Program - Arrow Slocan Sub-Region Ecological Priorities

Aquatic Conservation, restoration, and enhancement of aquatic habitat Priority Habitat Priority Species Priority Processes • rivers and tributary streams • native fish (Rainbow Trout, • fish passage spawning, rearing, foraging, Burbot, Bull Trout, White • fish overwintering, spawning overwintering valley bottom Sturgeon, Kokanee, and rearing to upper basin headwaters Westslope Cutthroat Trout, • c. [...] Conservation and restoration of upland habitats that support species at risk and focal species Priority Habitat Priority Species Priority Processes • old growth forests • mountain caribou • wildlife movement and • inland temperate rainforest • grizzly bear migration • dry interior open forest types • black bear • connectivity • alpine and high elevation • mountain goat • climate refugia grasslands. [...] Kootenay Conservation Program: Conservation Priorities in the Kootenays. [...] Kootenay Connect: Riparian Wildlife Corridors for Climate Change. [...] Kootenay Conservation Program.