A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?
Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America's wolf.” But there are now ...
The past year was deadly for endangered Florida panthers. Why aren’t there more wildlife crossings?
Florida panthers. Thirty-six of the endangered cats were killed by vehicle strike – the most since 2016. Yet Florida has no ...
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Richard Moore Outdoor Report: Wildlife Crossings
Dr. Rick Kline and his students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley have recently completed a multi-year study of wildlife crossing structures ...
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ADOT Secures $566K Federal Grant to Boost Wildlife Connectivity and Enhance Driver Safety in Arizona
ADOT received a $566K federal grant to develop a GIS-based tool for mapping wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots to improve ...
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Wildlife crossing in Southern Oregon will be first on I-5 between Mexico and Canada
There’s currently no wildlife overcrossing for that entire stretch. A crossing is a dedicated landscaped path that lets animals safely cross from one side of a highway to another. For years now ...
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Make room for Smokies wildlife before I-40 reopens in the wake of Helene | Opinion
As discussed in the Nov. 17, 2024, Word from the Smokies story “I-40 rebuild offers rare opportunity to add wildlife crossings," now is the time to take action to prevent wildlife-vehicle ...
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How the new wildlife crossing over I-5 will help delicate Oregon ecosystem
“The grant award will allow ODOT to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southern Oregon in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument,” according to the ODOT website. “This will ...
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Wildlife vs. vehicles: A problem helped by $9.6 million in federal grant money for UDOT
What can the Utah Department of Transportation do with $9.6 million in federal grant money? Save lives and reduce wildlife collisions, UDOT’s Natural Resources Manager Matt Howard said. UDOT has been ...
Image of Singapore animal crossing falsely shared as 'wildlife bridge in the Netherlands'
Malaysian Facebook users have falsely claimed an aerial photo shows one of over 600 bridges and natural paths built in the Netherlands to help animals cross roads safely. The photo in fact shows a ...
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Oregon will get its first wildlife overpass
The area will soon get a lot safer thanks to a $33 million federal grant to the Oregon Department of Transportation to construct a massive wildlife crossing over I-5 just north of the Oregon ...
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NYS to study how to cut down on roadway wildlife collisions
New York's transportation department will use federal funds to study how best to cut down on the thousands of collisions that take place between vehicles and wildlife on the state's roads each year.
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A wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?
Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America's wolf.” But there are now thought to be fewer than 20 left in the ...