Description: Mountainside Greenbelts (Conceptual)
Presents conceptual greenbelts in previously-logged low-elevations areas adjacent to the WUDCA (see Recruitment/Future Forests map). These areas represent the best opportunity to reconnect the forested landscape in the future.
Areas identified on this map have not been included in Priority Habitat rankings (i.e., Very High, High, and Moderately High Priority), so do not contribute to the Scoring by Layer and Priority Habitat Overview. The goal is instead to identify areas that should be managed in a way that promotes reconnection of habitat and improved habitat for a range of priority species. Management activities could span a range from no action to restoration forestry that includes, e.g., fuel management or small-scale forestry that accelerate a return to old forest conditions. Whichever actions are chosen, they would ideally result in more and higher quality habitat over the coming decades.
This layer shows conceptual greenbelts along elevational (mountainside) corridors. See the Cross-Valley Greenbelt layer to opportunities to protect/promote the connections across the valley, especially across Highway 99 and other major roads.