THE ABILITY TO MOVE BETWEEN SEASONAL RANGES IS A CRITICAL SURVIVAL STRATEGY FOR SPECIES LIKE PRONGHORN, MULE DEER, AND ELK. HOWEVER, ANTHROPOGENIC FEATURES SUCH AS IMPERMEABLE FENCING CAN LIMIT MOVEMENT, THEREBY RESTRICTING ACCESS TO PREFERRED HABITATS. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION (NWF) WORKS WITH A MULTITUDE OF PARTNERS IN MONTANA TO IMPROVE AND RESTORE LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY FOR BIG GAME TO ENSURE POPULATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO ACCESS NECESSARY RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A KEY STRATEGY IS TO IDENTIFY IMPERMEABLE OR SEMI-PERMEABLE FENCING THAT OBSTRUCTS BIG GAME MOVEMENT AND EITHER MODIFY IT TO WILDLIFE-FRIENDLIER SPECIFICATIONS OR, IF POSSIBLE, REMOVE IT ALTOGETHER. OVER THE NEXT YEAR, NWF PROPOSES TO MODIFY OR REMOVE TWO MILES OF IMPERMEABLE FENCING FOR BIG GAME IN TWO OF MONTANAS PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THE MONTANA ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SO 3362 IMPROVING HABITAT QUALITY IN WESTERN BIG-GAME WINTER RANGE AND MIGRATION CORRIDORS. THE TWO AREAS ARE PRIORITY AREA C: SOUTHWEST MONTANA-BITTERROOT TO YELLOWSTONE AND PRIORITY AREA D: CANADIAN BORDER TO MUSSELSHELL PLAINS.