| Name |
Assigned values |
Comments |
| "Barriers" |
| Highways |
Four-lane highways -5 pts
Major roads -1 pts
|
Major roads act as barriers to
natural migration. Minor roads and tracks are not considered
significant barriers in this analysis. |
| Active pits and
quarries |
Pits and Quarries -5 pts |
May have some potential (when
abandoned) for rehabilitation. |
| "Linkages" |
| Abandoned pits and
quarries |
+1 pts |
Have been shown to have potential
for restoration. |
| Utility Corridors |
+2 pts |
Potential "natural" links,
but have limitations in terms of canopy height and other factors. |
| Abandoned railways |
+5 pts |
Provide potential as natural links,
particularly for open communities such as prairies. |
| Agreement forests |
+10 pts |
Afford some protection and generally
forest management will include ecological considerations. |
| Recreational Provincial
Parks |
+10 pts |
Afford some protection and
management will often include ecological considerations |
| Regenerating fields |
Manual, no points assigned |
Used manually to resolve conflicting
connections in digital analysis, or to assess viability of
low-ranking connections. |
