CPW Big Game Pinch Points Shapefile Download

Pinch Point: Any portion of a migration or movement area in which animal movements are physically or behaviorally funneled or constrained by natural or man-made landscape features, and a significant number of animals move through. Loss of these areas now, over time, and/or cumulatively in the future, could disproportionately compromise habitat connectivity (migration and/or movement) because alternate routes are limited, unavailable, or increase risks and energetic costs of migration. Examples may include habitat leading to a highway underpass, overpass or natural land bridge; a gap or break between impermeable fences; space between ex-urban residential or other land use developments; steep cliffs, canyons, drainages or other geographic features; or a route that circumnavigates a lake or reservoir.