While the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is focusing on ungulate habitat (specifically mule deer, elk, and bighorn sheep) in their Study, the WBI Science Team is also concerned with other ecological important species in the Watershed. To that end, WBI is facilitating complementary studies on black bear, beaver, bird, and pollinator (bee and butterfly) habitat as well as wetland habitat as a whole.
WBI Biodiversity and Connectivity Study Kicks Off First Field Season
Following months of preparation, scientists from the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) have begun their field data collection for the WBI-supported Biodiversity and Connectivity Study for the Roaring Fork Watershed.
Working Collaboratively with our Science Team
Ongoing success of WBI’s mission is contingent on both full acceptance and application of the methodologies and results of the Study. To that end WBI has formed a Science Team, which includes government agencies and nonprofit organizations, in advance of the Study to help facilitate future success of the Study’s outcomes.
Why are we concerned about elk, deer, and bighorn sheep habitat?
Biodiversity is declining rapidly on both global and local levels. A 2019 United Nations Report on biodiversity and ecosystem services indicated an alarming 1 million animal and plant species are currently threatened with extinction, some within decades.