A recent post by the National Park Service (NPS) has highlighted the dangers of vehicle collisions with wildlife, posting a gruesome image of a truck filled with dead deer collected from roadways in the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Colorado. Collisions between vehicles and wildlife pose risks to both the animals and drivers and are […]
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Video: Wildlife crossings built with tribal knowledge drastically reduce collisions
FLATHEAD NATION, Montana — In 1989, when the Montana Department of Transportation proposed a plan to address safety concerns on Montana’s notoriously dangerous Highway 93, their answer was to expand it to five lanes. Including a passing lane, the highway would run through the entire Flathead Indian Reservation, growing by more than 90 kilometers (56 […]
U.S. House Passes New Wildlife Conservation Fund
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in a 231 to 190 vote. The bill would allocate over $1.3 billion in program funding for conservation efforts, with 15% of funds designated specifically for federally listed endangered species. The bill, which passed the House on June 14, would provide states, territories […]
How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species
There once was a stretch of Trans-Canada highway so perilous it was known as “The Meat Maker.” The then-infamous section of road that transects Banff National Park, a breathtaking expanse of mountainous terrain and glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies, averaged about 100 elk-vehicle collisions each year. In the early 1980s, a simple highway expansion […]