Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Enjoy Idaho’s Serengeti

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You've undoubtedly seen nature documentaries of wildebeest migrating across the Serengeti and caribou traversing the Arctic. But did you know we have our own major wildlife migration, right here in our backyards? A recent study by Lava Lake Land & Livestock and the Wildlife Conservation Society found that, each year, pronghorns migrate from the Craters of the Moon area, over the Pioneer Mountains and into Montana—a distance of 180 miles. It's one of the longest mammal migrations on the continent.

It also depends on the existence of large, private ranchlands. While much of the Pioneer Mountains is publicly owned, working ranches connect the migration route. That's why the Pioneers Alliance—a coalition of conservationists and ranchers—is working to keep ranchers on the land, and to protect the wildlife, beautiful scenery and world-class outdoor recreation of the Pioneer Mountains and Craters of the Moon. Right now, pronghorns are showing up again in the sagebrush flats just over the mountains from the Wood River Valley.

Take some time this year to enjoy our own Serengeti. And let's work together to ensure that pronghorns and other migrating wildlife continue to be a part of Idaho's rich natural heritage.

Laura Hubbard

Idaho state director

The Nature Conservancy

Hailey

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