Connectivity Conservation in the Triangle: Collaboration, Planning, and Community Engagement 

With Ramona McGee, Senior Attorney and Wildlife Program Leader, Southern Environmental Law Center; David Miller, Transportation Planner, Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization; Julie Tuttle, Ecologist & Biogeographer, Research Affiliate in Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill
September 26, 2024
Wildlife populations and natural communities need diverse, healthy, and connected habitats to survive, thrive, and persist. Keeping the natural landscape connected is essential for conserving biodiversity and ensuring resilience of our natural and human communities to environmental change. Join Ramona McGee, David Miller, and Julie Tuttle to learn how a shared vision, local and regional collaboration, and community engagement are advancing connectivity conservation in the NC Triangle. This talk will share recent work by the Triangle Connectivity Collaborative and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to incorporate landscape connectivity into conservation, land use, and transportation planning. We will highlight how the MPO's groundbreaking plan to enhance wildlife road crossings in our area will support landscape habitat connectivity and improved road safety - and we'll share how you can help improve the plan through public input.