Wildlife Passage Engineering Design Guidelines (15MB)
Directions for the construction of wildlife passages to support the movement of wildlife through the city.
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The North Saskatchewan River Valley is a regional biodiversity core area.
Natural Connections Integrated Conservation Plan is Edmonton's plan for the protection, management and restoration of local natural areas and biodiversity, and the engagement of the community in that effort. The plan applies an outcome-based, ecological network approach to the conservation of Edmonton's natural areas systems. It includes three components: a Strategic Plan, a Biodiversity Action Plan and a Biodiversity Report.
Natural Connections Integrated Conservation Plan supports the City's Natural Area Systems Policy C531.
A healthy ecological network has several components:
Edmonton currently has all of the components of an ecological network. With careful planning that encourages the protection of these key elements and the restoration of degraded natural areas and linkages, this network could be sustainable in the long term.
This map shows Edmonton's ecological network, including core areas, stepping stones and linkages.
To see background reports and information about the development of Natural Connections, including the State of Natural Areas Report and the public engagement process, go to Background Information.
The "Conserving Edmonton's Natural Areas: A Framework for Urban Conservation" was released in 2011 and outlines the strategies for conserving Edmonton's natural areas and facilitating broader community discussion. This report has two volumes:
and .