The corridor
Wild Cats Valley
Four conservation centers across western Mongolia, connected as one corridor. Wild Cats Valley is the unifying landscape — where mountain, water, sky, and wildlife are cared for as one continuous home for the species that define this country.
Kharkhiraa
Highland snow leopard habitat in the Kharkhiraa range — gateway to the corridor.
Wildlife doesn't recognize boundaries.
Snow leopards move across hundreds of kilometers of ridgeline. Rivers carry fish, birds carry seeds, and a herd of argali sheep can cross three provinces in a season. When habitat is fragmented, populations shrink. When it's connected, populations thrive.
The four MUR Initiative centers — Kharkhiraa, Margaz, Bulnai, and Aldarkhaan — sit along the same natural axis. Together they form an unbroken stretch of protected land that gives western Mongolia's wildlife the room they need.
Four places, one mission
Kharkhiraa
Hovd · Uvs province
Highland snow leopard habitat in the Kharkhiraa range — gateway to the corridor.
Margaz
Santmargaz · Zavkhan province
Mountain-and-water transition zone connecting the corridor through Zavkhan.
Bulnai
Tsetserleg · Khuvsgul province
Forested ranges holding the northern reach of Wild Cats Valley.
Aldarkhaan
Aldarkhaan · Zavkhan province
Steppe and watercourse corridor — vital for wildlife movement.