wildlife crossings

A new study shows that wildlife migration routes in the West will likely shift because of climate change. That’s why researchers worked with a tribe in the Mountain West to find out how to tackle the problem.

State agencies, nonprofits and the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes are teaming up to try and get $17 million in federal funding for wildlife crossings on Highway 26/287 east of Dubois. The hope is to reduce collisions between vehicles and wildlife along an especially dangerous stretch from milepost 58 through 67.

In the first round of the wildlife crossing pilot program, less than one out of every three of the projects proposed by states and Tribes received funding.

A proposal for a wildlife overpass a few years ago in eastern Idaho has politicized the issue for that region.

Wildlife crossings could save a lot of money and many lives. The idea hasn't always been attractive to state governments, but with new data and federal money up for grabs, those projects are seeming much more enticing.

The Pew Charitable Trusts published a report calling on policy-makers and landowners to help animals migrate across the West. That report also highlights the latest science on animals like mule deer, elk, and pronghorn.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation's (WYDOT) efforts to improve wildlife crossings in the state have gotten a boost from the federal government.The…

Most states in the Mountain West allow people to harvest roadkill, and California passed its own “roadkill bill” earlier this week. But Nevada and...

This time of year the number of vehicle collisions with deer and other wildlife are at their highest, a problem that’s especially acute in parts of the...