An Explanation and Assessment of Road Removal in Varied Habitats

There are three main ways to mitigate the impacts of roads: with mitigation structures; mitigation banking; and road prevention and removal. To date, most mitigation research, as well as mitigation on the ground, has employed the first two options--building structures that allow wildlife to cross a road, or reserving land in one place to make up for degraded land elsewhere. Interest in road removal is increasing, but the research on the benefits of road removal is limited and it remains the least common, though potentially most effective, mitigation practice. This paper briefly discusses the ecological impacts of roads on terrestrial and aquatic/hydrologic systems. It then explains the different types and methods of road removal as well as the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. It concludes with a short introduction to several ongoing road removal programs around the country.

• Record URL:
  http://www.icoet.net/downloads/99paper39.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission from the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, organized by the Center for Transportation and the Environment, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University.
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Haydon Burns Building, 605 Suwanee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32301
• Authors:
  • Walder, Bethanie
  • Bagley, Scott
• Conference:
  • Third International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation
  • Location: Missoula Montana
  • Date: 1999-9-13 to 1999-9-16
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION (ICOWET 1999)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culverts; Ecosystems; Habitat (Ecology); Roadside fauna; Traffic mitigation; Underpasses; Vegetation; Wildlife; Wildlife crossings
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01588262
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2016 9:01AM