The St. Marys River Watershed: Planning for Biodiversity Conservation

University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Graduate Project: The St. Marys River is a 112 km connecting channel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The river and its associated marshes, riparian areas, and upland habitats, comprise one of the most biologically diverse regions in the Great Lakes Basin, and the area was identified as a priority for conservation by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 2000. Using TNCs Conservation Action Planning (CAP) process, students identified important conservation targets, developed practical indicators to track their current and future status, identified threats to target species and ecosystems, explored opportunities for the conservation of the targets given the social, economic, political and cultural environment, and developed strategies to protect, enhance, or restore biodiversity.

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