Beastmaster & Deythor
Have you ever mapped out a wildlife corridor as if it were a network diagram, accounting for all the nodes where animals cross and the edges that represent safe passage? I’m curious how you decide which paths to protect without imposing too many constraints on the natural flow.
I map it by walking the land, watching the tracks and listening to the wind. I note the places where deer pause, where foxes cross, where birds drop off their nests. Those spots become the nodes. The paths they actually use—rivers, old rail beds, grass belts—are the edges. I look for the routes that give the animals cover and food, the ones that let them move without crossing human roads. Then I protect those edges with simple barriers, like brush walls or low fences, so the flow stays natural. I keep it flexible; if a new patch of tree grows or a stream shifts, I adjust. The goal is to keep the network alive, not to lock it into a rigid map.