Work conducted by the Trans-border Grizzly Bear Project identified that only three grizzly bear linkages remain on private land within the Canadian portion of the Cabinet-Purcell region. Linkages are lands frequently used by wildlife to travel from one core habitat to another. This research showed that male grizzly bears routinely move through these linkage areas, successfully crossing Highway 3. Such movement is critical to maintaining gene flow and the persistence of the small grizzly bear population south of Highway 3 in the Purcell mountains (estimated at 25-45 bears) and its integration with the larger population north of the highway.

In 2007, Vital Ground, the Nature Conservancy of Montana, and Y2Y each contributed matching funds to secure a purchase option agreement on the Kid Creek land, totaling 87 acres. Y2Y and Vital Ground then raised the remaining funds needed to buy the parcel, closing the deal and transferring the property to Nature Trust of British Columbia.

In 2009, the Land Acquisition team secured the Kid Creek 2 priority parcel totaling 396 acres, a significant second success for connectivity in the project area.

Conserving the Kid Creek linkages is the first step toward achieving the goals outlined in the Collaborative Conservation Framework for the Cabinet-Purcell Mountain Corridor. This project's success is crucial to restoring wildlife movement across the Cabinet-Purcells and throughout the Yellowstone to Yukon region.