River Ridge Ranch Wildlife Corridor – April 2010

On April 24 WildPlaces, along with youth board members Gabriel Alcantar, and Stephanie Ruiz (pictured), removed the bottom barbed wire from River Ridge Ranch’s wildlife corridor.  The wildlife corridors on River Ridge are instrumental to the health and success of the ecosystem in the Tule River Watershed.  The corridors help promote native vegetation, safe zones for wild animals, and linkages from the mountains to the river.

The corridors are increasingly important due to the threat of changing climate patterns.  The Wildlands Network states that “present-day protected areas will not be enough to help wildlife survive the coming impacts of climate change (disruption).”  They go on to explain this logic in their Spring 2010 newsletter, “efforts to protect currently identified natural cores and corridors on public lands must be augmented to include biodiversity-friendly management of substantial surrounding landscapes under human uses.”  Learn more about wildways.

If you are interested in working on River Ridge’s wildlife corridor, volunteer with us at our next event.  We will be removing more barbed wire from the corridor on June 26 from 7 am to 12 pm.  Sign up now, there are a limited number of volunteer positions for this event.