A Summary of the Wildlife Corridor Inventory (Preliminary Findings)
Table 1: Species That Use Wildlife Corridors
Approximately 230 total species are served by the corridors we have identified. Many secondary species are served by the corridors but are not included in this list.
Primary Species Common Name Alewife Greater Sage grouse Pine Marten Arctic Tern Green sea turtle Pronghorn Antelope Atlantic salmon Grizzly bear Red Knot Badger Gulf sturgeon Red tailed Hawk Bar-tailed Godwit Hawksbill sea turtle Red-cockaded woodpeckers Bighorn Sheep Hoary Bat Right Whale Bison Hudsonian Godwit Rockfish (striped bass) Black Bears Humpback Whale Roosevelt elk Blackpoll Warbler Indiana bats Sage Grouse Blue Crab Jaguar Salamanders Bobcat Jaguarundi Sandhill Crane Bonneville cutthroat trout Kit fox Smallmouth bass Bristle thighed Curlew Lake Sturgeon Snowshoe hare Bull trout Leatherback turtle Sockeye salmon California Sea Lion Loggerhead turtle Sooty Shearwater Canada Goose Long-billed Curlew Sperm Whale Canada lynx L y n x Spotted owl Caribou Manatee St. Francis satyr butterflies Chinook Salmon Marbled Godwit Steelhead Coati Marmot Stellar sea lion Connecticut River American Shad Marten Striped Newt Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion Mexican free-tailed bat Toads Coyote Mexican Grey Wolf Trout Cutthroat Trout Migrating birds Trumpeter Swan Deer Migratory waterfowl Tule elk Desert bighorn sheep Monarch Butterfly Tundra Swan Elk Moose Upland Sandpiper Finback whales Mountain Goat Walleye Fishers Mule Deer Whimbrel Florida black bear Muskellunge Fish White-crowned Sparrow Florida Panther Nelson's bighorn sheep White-rumped Sandpiper Golden Eagle Northern pike Whooping Cranes Golden Plover Ocelot W o lf Gopher Frogs Otter Wolverine Gray Whale Pallid Sturgeon Yukon River Chinook Salmon G r a y W o l f Peninsular bighorn sheep
Table 2: Distribution of Primary Species by Taxa
Not all corridors have a primary species recorded in the database. Corridors exist for wildlife across diverse taxa.
Taxa (Primary Species) Count Amphibians 5 Birds-Others 44 Birds-Raptors 4 Crustacean 1 Fish - Anadromous 17 Fish - Freshwater 8 Insect 1 Mammals-Bats 3 Mammals-Carnivores 78 Mammals-Herbivores 46 Mammals-Marine 10 Mammals-Others 2 Reptiles 5
Table 3: Distribution of Wildlife Corridors by State
We have inventoried over 400 wildlife corridors. Many corridors cross political boundaries and are counted in multiple states. Additional corridors exist in marine environments but are not shown here.
State Count State Count Alabama 18 Montana 25 Alaska 19 Nebraska 3 Arizona 17 Nevada 6 Arkansas 3 New Hampshire 28 California 47 New Jersey 3 Colorado 19 New Mexico 19 Connecticut 3 New York 15 Delaware 1 North Carolina 28 District of Columbia 1 North Dakota 5 Florida 21 Ohio 4 Georgia 20 Oklahoma 1 Hawaii 5 Oregon 8 Idaho 11 Pennsylvania 11 Illinois 1 Rhode Island 2 Indiana 1 South Carolina 19 Iowa 2 South Dakota 3 Kansas 2 Tennessee 19 Kentucky 5 Texas 7 Louisiana 7 Utah 8 Maine 7 Vermont 11 Maryland 6 Virginia 16 Massachusetts 6 Washington 15 Michigan 2 West Virginia 9 Minnesota 6 Wisconsin 4 Mississippi 6 W y o m i n g 17 Missouri 2