Find all our publications here. Our carefully researched materials support conservation efforts, promote sustainable land-use planning, and highlight the ecological significance of the A2A region.
REPORT HIGHLIGHT
The Right to Roam report is the culmination of over a decade of research, drawing from both existing data and our own field studies on Highway 401, Thousand Islands Parkway, and Leeds County Road 2 in the Thousand Islands–Frontenac Arch region. These roads, which run parallel to the St. Lawrence River, severely hinder wildlife movement, creating barriers that disrupt natural migration patterns and pose substantial risks to animal populations—including alarming rates of wildlife mortality.
The Thousand Islands–Frontenac Arch region is a critical wildlife corridor, linking Canada’s boreal forest with the Appalachian forests of the United States. Ensuring safe passage for animals across these dangerous roads is vital to maintaining healthy wildlife populations throughout eastern North America.
This report demonstrates the magnitude of this problem and presents a bold strategy to help restore ecosystem connectivity in this continentally important region. The mitigation strategy would simultaneously reduce significant wildlife mortality, contribute to the recovery of populations of species at risk, and increase motorist safety.
The Thousand Islands–Frontenac Arch region is a critical wildlife corridor, linking Canada’s boreal forest with the Appalachian forests of the United States. Ensuring safe passage for animals across these dangerous roads is vital to maintaining healthy wildlife populations throughout eastern North America.
This report demonstrates the magnitude of this problem and presents a bold strategy to help restore ecosystem connectivity in this continentally important region. The mitigation strategy would simultaneously reduce significant wildlife mortality, contribute to the recovery of populations of species at risk, and increase motorist safety.
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ROAD ECOLOGY STUDIESRoad ecology examines and addresses the effects of roads on wildlife populations and investigates how roads influence ecological processes.
CONSERVATION ACTION PLANNINGConservation Action Planning uses a collaborative and holistic approach to create and implement sustainable conservation measures.
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HIGHWAY 2 STUDY
Measuring Connectivity in the Great Lakes Basin.
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HIGHWAY 401 STUDY
Connectivity Mapping in the A2A Region.
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HIGHWAY 401 POROSITY STUDY
Identifying a Natural Heritage System in Eastern Ontario.
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Connectivity mapping is a key component to the protection of ecological connectivity in the A2A region.
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2024 Wildlife Corridor Mapping Project
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Preliminary Conservation Action Plan for the Frontenac Arch.
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Stage 1- Exploring a Framework for Landscape Conservation Planning in the A2A
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Phase 3
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Phase 2
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Phase 1
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Below you will find other publications and resources about the A2A Region. Enjoy! Wilansky, J., Jaeger, J.A.G. (2024): Predicting the effectiveness of wildlife fencing along roads using an individual-based model: How do fence-following distances influence the fence-end effect? Ecological Modelling 495: 110784 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110784
Soanes, K., Rytwinski, T., Fahrig, L., Huijser, M., Jaeger, J.A.G., Teixeira, F.Z., van der Ree, R., van der Grift, E. (2024): Do wildlife crossing structures mitigate the barrier effect of roads on animal movement? A global assessment. Journal of Applied Ecology 61(3): 417-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14582 Cole, J.R., Cheveau, M., Gallo, J.A., Kross, A., St-Laurent, M.-H., Jaeger, J.A.G. (2024): Land conversion and lack of protection significantly reduce suitable wolf habitat amount and functional connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage. Regional Environmental Change 24: 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02288-3 Lemieux, Christopher J., Aerin L. Jacob, and Paul A. Gray. (2021). Implementing Connectivity Conservation in Canada. Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) Occasional Paper No. 22. Canadian Council on Ecological Areas, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. vi + 216 pp. Langen, T.A. & Welsh, R. (2006). Effects of a Problem-Based Learning Approach on Attitude Change and Science and Policy Content Knowledge. Conservation Education, 20(3), 600-608. (Case: Justifiability and Feasibility of the A2A Biological Corridor Initiative) Brown, R. & Harris, G. (2005). Comanagement of wildlife corridors: the case for citizen participation in the Algonquin to Adirondack proposal. Journal of Environmental Management, 74, 97-102. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter. (2004). Thousand Islands Ecosystem Community Atlas. Ottawa: CPAWS. Stephenson, B. (2001). The Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Initiative: a key macro-landscape linkage in eastern North America. In D. Harmon (Ed.), Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands (303-310). Michigan: The George Wright Society. Quinby, P., Trombulak, S., Lee, T., Lane, J., Henry, M., Long, R., & MacKay, P. (1999). Opportunities for Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Between Algonquin Park, Ontario, and the Adirondack Park, New York. Vermont: The Greater Laurentian Wildlands Project. Keddy, C. (1995). The Conservation Potential of the Frontenac Axis: Linking Algonquin Park to the Adirondacks. Ottawa: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter. |
"The Keddy Report"
The first report about connecting A2A was published in 1995 and is often referred to as "The Keddy Report," after its author, Cathy Keddy.
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