Mayacamas to Berryessa (M2B) Terrestrial & Riparian Connectivity

The goal of the M2B project is to tap into recent advances in habitat mapping, threat assessment, and climate change projections to co-produce a scientifically sound multi-county habitat connectivity roadmap for the region spanning from the Mayacamas Mountains to the Berryessa Range in concert with local land managers.

This project builds a place-based decision support platform for prioritizing and implementing habitat connectivity projects on the ground across multiple jurisdictions. The products are a science-based prioritization of critical habitat pinch-points co-created with local land managers that identifies threatened linkages in high value habitat corridors. Specific products include a region-wide prioritization of threatened linkages complemented by linkage-specific portfolio reports that evaluate site-specific benefits in terms of climate adaptation, plant and animal species conservation, and watershed integrity.

This gallery includes permeability assessments, potential linkages, and least cost paths for terrestrial and riparian connectivity across the M2B study area.