16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–81b — Wildlife corridors

(a) In general. The Secretary must: (1) assess how habitat fragmentation — breaking wildlife habitat into disconnected pieces — affects wildlife in the California Desert Conservation Area, and (2) set up policies to preserve wildlife corridors and help species migrate. (b) Study. (1) Within 2 years of March 12, 2019, the Secretary must finish a study on habitat fragmentation's impact on wildlife there. (2) The study must: (A) identify species that migrate or are likely to migrate through the area; (B) look at how fragmentation affects plants, insects, and animals; soil; air quality; water quality and quantity; and species migration and survival; (C) identify key wildlife and migration corridors worth preserving; and (D) recommend ways to keep public land connected biologically across land managed by the Secretary and by the Secretary of Defense. (3) When deciding the impact of rights-of-way projects in the area, the Secretary must use this study's findings, following the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other applicable law. (c) Land management plans. The Secretary must fold the study's findings and recommendations into every land management plan that applies to the California Desert Conservation Area.