How can we help lynx

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This is providing the basis for developing successful conservation strategies. Connecting populations: In order to provide the lynx with the large amount of space it needs, existing habitats must not only be preserved, but also connected with one another.

Our partners are also capturing lynx from areas where they still exist in large numbers and reintroducing them to regions where they are scarce. This will allow genetic exchange between isolated lynx populations, such as the one in the Dinarides , to take place. In Montana, for example, TNC has helped secure the heart of the nearly thousand square miles designated by the U.

Fish and Wildlife as critical habitat for lynx. Recent research suggests that the most important Canada lynx populations in the lower 48 states are on the Crown of the Continent, near Seeley Lake in the Clearwater drainage and in the Garnet Mountains — both the focus of extensive conservation efforts by the Conservancy.

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