CRITTER CROSSINGS

Approximately 6.3 million km of public roads crisscross the United States. Wildlife experts say these roads affect animals in several ways, including roadkill, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation. This article describes transportation's effects on wildlife and highlights exemplary projects and processes that are helping to reduce the adverse effects. The strategies range from site-specific projects, such as goat bridges and bear underpasses, to regional models that combine landscape ecology, conservation biology, and human safety concerns with long-range transportation planning. Sidebars highlight bear underpasses in Florida and wildlife linkage areas in Washington State.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/00marapr/critters.cfm
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Finch, G
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 35-39
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conservation; Ecology; Fish ladders; Fishes; Habitat (Ecology); Highways; Road kill; Roadside fauna; Transportation planning; Underpasses; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Florida; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790638
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 10 2000 12:00AM