Learn about the collaborative effort between Wyoming Game and Fish and Wyoming Department of Transportation to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. Wildlife underpass Fauna underpass Structure built under transport infrastructure specifically to provide a safe crossing point for wildlife, typically large and medium-sized mammals, such as ungulates and large carnivores, but also for other vertebrates and invertebrates. Construction began in September 2005, and the underpass was completed in late May 2006.
Work will include: construction of a wildlife underpass structure just west of the U.S. 160, about 13 miles west of Pagosa Springs and 37 miles east of Durango, between mile points 126-128. This is a long-term initiative for Wyoming no projects can be implemented quickly or without planning and funding. that a wildlife underpass be constructed beneath Harbor Boulevard. One of those tools, wildlife crossings (a type of safety crossing), has been successful at reducing both vehicle-animal collisions and wildlife impacts caused. The project will span for approximately two miles on U.S. Solutions may be a combination of many tools and over multiple phases. In other locations it may be fencing, signage, or for smaller wildlife and fish it could be culverts. In some locations the best option may be an underpasses or overpasses -these could be new, designed specifically for wildlife or opportunistic like existing machinery underpasses. Currently, there are 60 wildlife crossings or bridges that have been modified for use by panthers on Floridas roads. Additional information about crossing design choices and white- tailed deer/large ungulate preferences is shared in this summary. The goal of the summit was to identify priority areas around the state and work together to find ways to fund and implement projects that reduce wildlife/vehicle collisions, increase motorist safety, and maintain or re-establish disconnected wildlife migration routes.įrom the summit a total of 240 opportunities were identified, 10 of those were marked as “high priority” for action.
Wildlife fences and crossing structures benefit human safety. Using monetary estimates from other research, he determined that a wildlife crossing offers an annual benefit of between 235,000 and 443,000 every year, per crossing. What's Being Done? In 2017, about 130 people from Game and Fish, Wyoming Department of Transportation, land owners, federal agencies, nonprofits, local and state elected officials, the University of Wyoming and the public attended the Wildlife and Roadways Summit. Researcher discusses wildlife crossings with students on wildlife overpass.
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