(4) mitigating or removing human-caused bar-
riers to native fish, wildlife, and plant species move-
ment, including, but not limited to, power lines, 
roads, fences, dams, bridges, culverts, and other hy-
drologic obstructions; and 
(5) using existing conservation programs under 
the Secretary’s jurisdiction to contribute to the 
connectivity, persistence, resilience, and adaptability 
of native fish, wildlife, and plant species. 
(b) CORRIDORS SPANNING MULTIPLE JURISDIC-
TIONS.—Where a Corridor spans the administrative juris-
diction of more than one Secretary, the relevant Secre-
taries shall coordinate management of the Corridor such 
that the purposes of this Act are achieved regarding such 
Corridor. 
(c) ROAD MITIGATION.—With respect to a Corridor 
that intersects, adjoins, or crosses a new or existing local, 
State, or Federal road or highway, the relevant Secretaries 
shall work with the Department of Transportation and 
State and local transportation agencies, as appropriate, to 
develop, implement, and fund environmental mitigation 
measures to— 
(1) improve public safety and reduce vehicle- 
caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat 
connectivity; and 
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(2) mitigate the damage to wildlife, aquatic spe-
cies passage, flood resiliency, habitat, and ecosystem 
connectivity, such as by constructing, maintaining, 
or replacing wildlife underpasses and overpasses and 
culverts, or maintaining, replacing, or removing 
dams, bridges, culverts, and other hydrologic ob-
structions, as appropriate, such that the purposes of 
this Act are achieved regarding such Corridor. 
(d) COORDINATION.—In managing National Wildlife 
Corridors, each Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable and consistent with applicable law, coordinate 
on lands and waters within the System with other Federal 
departments and agencies, and with relevant conservation 
plans for native fish, plants, and wildlife and their habi-
tats, including State comprehensive wildlife strategies and 
other State conservation strategies for species, tribal con-
servation plans, local government land use and conserva-
tion plans, and nongovernmental plans. 
SEC. 6. CONSERVATION SUPPORT. 
(a) WORKING LANDSCAPES.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture— 
(1) may direct investment in working land-
scapes through conservation programs under such 
Secretary’s administration and control to support 
the purposes of this Act; and 
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(2) shall give priority under such conservation 
programs to non-Federal lands and waters identified 
under section 4(f) as supporting the purposes of Na-
tional Wildlife Corridors. 
(b) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
Secretary of Transportation may each acquire land and 
interests in land, including permanent conservation ease-
ments, from willing donors and willing sellers, to establish 
and enhance Corridors. 
(c) METHOD.—Acquisitions under this section may 
be made— 
(1) subject to section 200306 of title 54, United 
States Code, by purchase with amounts appropriated 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund; 
(2) by purchase with amounts appropriated 
from the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protec-
tion Fund; or 
(3) by acceptance of donation of land or inter-
ests in land. 
SEC. 7. NATIONAL NATIVE SPECIES HABITATS AND COR-
RIDORS DATABASE. 
The Director of the United States Geological Survey, 
in cooperation with the States and Indian tribes and with 
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existing landscape- and watershed-scale partnerships, in-
cluding the National Fish Habitat Partnership, the Land-
scape Conservation Cooperative Network, and the Migra-
tory Bird Joint Ventures, shall— 
(1) establish a comprehensive National Native 
Species Habitats and Corridors Geographic Informa-
tion System Database that— 
(A) consists of a database of maps, models, 
data, surveys, and other information regarding 
native fish, wildlife, and plant species habitats 
and Corridors, particularly regarding species 
most at risk due to habitat loss, degradation, 
and fragmentation; and 
(B) reflects the best scientific information 
available; and 
(2) make such database available to States, In-
dian tribes, Federal agencies, local decisionmakers, 
and the general public, for use in— 
(A) identifying and prioritizing natural re-
sources adaptation strategies and activities; 
(B) assessing, avoiding, and minimizing 
the impacts of development, energy, water, 
transportation, and transmission projects and 
other activities on Corridors; and 
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(C) developing strategies to promote land-
scape and aquatic connectivity necessary to 
allow native fish, wildlife, and plant species to 
move as necessary to meet biological and eco-
logical needs, adjust to shifts in habitat, and 
adapt to climate change. 
SEC. 8. WILDLIFE CORRIDORS STEWARDSHIP AND PROTEC-
TION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States a separate 
account to be known as the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship 
and Protection Fund, consisting of— 
(1) amounts appropriated to the Fund under 
this Act; and 
(2) donations of funds accepted under sub-
section (c). 
(b) USE.—The Fund— 
(1) shall be administered by the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation; and 
(2) may be used by such Foundation to provide 
financial assistance to States, local governments, the 
Federal Government, tribes, and private landowners 
for enhancing the management and the protection of 
designated Corridors and other lands and waters 
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