ROADS, RAILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: WILDLIFE AT THE INTERSECTION IN CANADA'S WESTERN MOUNTAINS
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) form a primary transportation route linking the Pacific Coast with the rest of Canada. This west-east Trans-Canada Corridor (TCC) crosses the Canadian Cordillera in British Columbia and adjacent Alberta. Both the CPR and the TCH are primary transportation routes in terms of traffic volumes and tonnage. The TCC through the mountains has a history of wildlife-transportation conflicts. As the highway and railway expand capacity, these issues are likely to intensify both individually and collectively. In this paper, the authors provide a perspective on the challenge presented by the intersection of a national transportation corridor with the Columbia and Rocky Mountains from a wildlife conservation point-of-view. They conclude by suggesting ways to integrate wildlife issues with other aspects of highway and railway operation.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Also published by Florida DOT as a paper in FL-ER-58-96, "Trends in Addressing Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality: Proceedings of the Transportation Related Wildlife Mortality Seminar (June 1996).
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Corporate Authors:
Florida Department of Transportation
Haydon Burns Building, 605 Suwanee Street
Tallahassee, FL United States 32301Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Woods, J G
- Munro, R H
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Conference:
- Transportation and Wildlife: Reducing Wildlife Mortality and Improving Wildlife Passageways Across Transportation Corridors
- Location: Orlando, Florida
- Date: 1996-4-30 to 1996-5-2
- Publication Date: 1996-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 39-45
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conservation; Highways; Mountains; Psychological conflict; Railroads; Transportation corridors; Wildlife
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Old TRIS Terms: Trans-canada corridor
- Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00745653
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PD-96-041
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 30 1998 12:00AM