The Idaho Panhandle Bees to Bears Climate Adaptation Project is a partnership program between Idaho Fish & Game (IDFG) with their pals Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y). This project, which began in 2017, just happens to sit right smack dab in the middle of Y2Y's Cabinet-Purcell mountain corridor near the Canadian border. The purpose of this project is to conserve and build 250 acres of lowland habitats for bees, bears, and slugs. The area they are working is the Boundary-Smith Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
While Evan DeHamer, IDFG biologist, claims WMAs "are meant for public use and are focused on hunting, trapping and fishing", that isn't exactly true. This particular WMA is limited to foot traffic only with no non-motorized vehicles or non-motorized boats, no camping, and day use picnic areas are only in certain portions of the area. Another interesting goal of the project is "to improve landscape resiliency for six Species of Greatest Conservation Need". Those species, which are considered in need of protection, are "possibly" being used to justify further protection as a result of this project. Time will tell. Bottom line is it is part of the Y2Y agenda for connectivity as it is "a critical trans-boundary link" connecting wildlife into Canada. After completing so much work in this WMA, why would Y2Y ever possibly think about allowing any use, after all, once restored it will have to be protected, especially those species of greatest conservation need. They also see this as a "pathway" to restoring Grizzly bears to Central Idaho's Salmon-Selway-Bitterroot area, another area for their connectivity agenda. Don't be fooled by this project, it is all part of the connectivity agenda, and IDFG is very much a part of it.
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