Landscape Integrity Habitat Connectivity Feature

<div><div>The Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (<a href='https://waconnected.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://waconnected.org/</a>) conducted a Cascades to Coast Analysis to model habitat connectivity for 5 focal species (American Beaver, Cougar, Fisher, Mountain Beaver, and Western Gray Squirrel), as well as for existing protected areas (i.e., naturalness, landscape integrity). These data were combined into a synthesis analysis to identify important connectivity corridors for the region and to identify priority wildlife crossing areas across major highways. Data from the Cascades to Coast Analysis, as well as a technical report summarizing the project are available at <a href='https://waconnected.org/coastal-washington-analysis/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://waconnected.org/coastal-washington-analysis/</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>This layer was derived from the Landscape Integrity core areas and least-cost corridors data from the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group's Cascades to Coast Analysis. Hexagon grid cells were symbolized based on their proportion of overlap with the core areas and least-cost corridors data. Grid cells with a proportion of core area overlap equal to or greater than 0.5 were assigned the Habitat Concentration Area classification. The least-cost corridor width assigned to each grid cell was based on the majority least-cost corridor width overlapping each grid cell.</div></div>