Cabinet-Purcell Mountain Corridor (Under Construction)

Jun 3, 2014 (Last modified Mar 14, 2019)
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An important trans-boundary connection in the Y2Y region.

The Cabinet-Purcell Mountain Corridor serves as a critical link between Canadian wildlife populations in southeastern B.C and those in northern Idaho and western Montana. It includes several wet-belt forests and the headwaters of important salmon and trout rivers that supply drinking and irrigation water for millions of people downstream.

Many species of wildlife exist in small, fragmented pockets of land between roads, towns and other human development. Our goal is to restore and reconnect these islands of habitat so animals can once again roam between Canada and the Salmon-Selway-Bitterrot wilderness (largest roadless area in lower 48 States).

Click here to learn more about Y2Y's work in this region. To access and work with additional maps and datasets click here.

Tags
cabinet purcell, connectivity, transboundary, salmon, y2y, wildlife corridor, yellowstone to yukon, road restoration
Citation
Y2Y Administrator. 2014. Cabinet-Purcell Mountain Corridor (Under Construction). In: Data Basin. [First published in Data Basin on Jun 3, 2014; Last Modified on Mar 14, 2019; Retrieved on May 18, 2025] <https://databasin.org/articles/02a8164750f245618a6b5b90c4d27527/>

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Y2Y Administrator
Administrator with Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Intiative

Y2Y is a major Canadian-U.S. collaborative of over 450 conservation organizations, researchers, agencies, individuals, and other groups working to connect and protect habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon so people and nature can thrive.