KEY DEER MORTALITY, U.S. 1 IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Dames & Moore, Inc., was retained by the Florida Department of Transportation to develop a concept of alternative methods to reduce the mortality of Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) along U.S. Highway 1 on Big Pine Key, Florida. Through an intensive literature search and contacts with persons of knowledge, information was gathered on Key deer biology and distribution and timing of mortalities and methods used in other areas to reduce wildlife/motorist conflicts. Potential methods were analyzed using a fatal-flaws procedure to eliminate those methods that were unfeasible. Remaining alternatives or alternative combinations are currently being ranked as to their effectiveness.
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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:
- Calvo, R N
- Silvy, N J
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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. 287-296
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Deer; Fatalities; Feasibility analysis; Measures of effectiveness; Ratings; Strategic planning; Traffic mitigation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Mitigation; Mortality
- Geographic Terms: Florida
- Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00745673
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PD-96-041
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Feb 3 1998 12:00AM