{"id":3256,"date":"2019-11-11T19:10:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2019-11-11T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:42:21","slug":"nw-pinch-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2019\/11\/11\/nw-pinch-point\/","title":{"rendered":"The NW Pinch Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Pinch-points <\/strong>(also known as bottlenecks or choke-points) are areas where animal and plant movement is funneled through narrow linkages. Pinch-point modeling methods are based on current flow models from electrical circuit theory. Locations where current is very strong indicates constrictions where linkages are most vulnerable to being severed… Pinch-points can be the result of both natural and human-made landscape features. Pinch-points may be conservation priorities as they are locations where loss of a small area could disproportionately compromise connectivity because alternative movement routes are unavailable. Loss of these areas may sever migration routes or impact other important movement needs.”*
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\n*Source (with minor modifications) Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group<\/a>—>Columbia Plateau Ecoregion Addendum: Habitat Connectivity Centrality, Pinch-Points, and Barriers\/Restoration Analyses<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

One such pinch point in the proposed Sandy Lake-Sackville River Regional Park lies at its NW corner where there is only a narrow band of undeveloped or minimally developed land bordering the Sackville River.<\/p>\n

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