Edmonton Alberta Corridors Bridge Urban/Rural Boundaries

Edmonton Alberta is one of the first cities to address both human health and biodiversity in their “corridors” initiative. But people and animals have different needs and patterns of behavior.

Finding a shared language

Working with animal behaviour experts at the University of Alberta, the city developed engineering guidelines that, among other things, organized the city’s animals into “design groups” – moose and deer, for example, are in the large terrestrial group while grey partridge and sharp-tailed grouse are in the ground-dwelling birds group.

Trails are designed to provide appropriate spaces for people and preferred habitat for each group.

A cycle Path in Alberta, Canada. In the foreground is the bicycle path as two separate paths combine into one. On each side of the path is a mowed grassy area that then turns into forest. In the background is a river, bridge, and Alberta's city skyline. The photo is taken in fall as the leaves on the trees are starting to turn yellow.
Alberta's cool corridors strategy bridges urban to rural. Planners included wildlfe biologists to help create connectied habitat for wildlife.
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