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  2. Wildlife crossing - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife overpass on Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park Using a variety of techniques to monitor the crossings since the early 1980s, scientists report that 10 species of large mammals (including deer, elk, black bear, grizzly bear , mountain lion, wolf, moose, and coyote ) have used the 24 crossings in Banff a total of 84,000 times as ...

  3. Road barrier effect - Wikipedia

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    A wildlife overpass built over Highway 38 in Israel. Wildlife crossings, such as wildlife overpasses or underpasses, are generally seen as the most effective mitigation measure to help make roads more passable for wildlife while increasing both driver and animal safety. To funnel wildlife towards these crossings, many studies have called for a ...

  4. Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The bridge is meant to allow animals to circulate through and thrive in habitats that are fragmented by human development. [1] The crossing is particularly critical for the mountain lions of the Santa Monica Mountains, which have declined and become genetically isolated [2] because the Ventura Freeway prevents them from moving between the mountains and the Simi Hills to the north.

  5. Animal Crossing: Overpass Helps Wildlife Safely Migrate in ...

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    Animals of all shapes and sizes were captured on camera crossing a wildlife overpass over Interstate 80 in Parley’s Canyon, Utah, with the bridge providing a safe migration path.Footage of the ...

  6. New initiative aims to turbocharge wildlife-crossing ... - AOL

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    The public-private effort underpinning the largest wildlife crossing in the world, under construction near L.A., has inspired an initiative to replicate it across California.

  7. Wildlife corridor - Wikipedia

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    A wildlife corridor in Brazil.. A wildlife corridor, also known as a habitat corridor, or green corridor, [1] is a designated area that connects wildlife populations that have been separated by human activities or structures, such as development, roads, or land clearings.

  8. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  9. Letters to the editor: Animal overpass too costly; foolish ...

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    Letters include why overpasses are the least advisable way for wildlife crossings; and how Trump supporters to continue to be gullible.