Mitigating Wildlife Mortality and Habitat Fragmentation Due to Transportation Infrastructure

摘要

In 2002, the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) and Dr. Anthony Clevenger identified a shared interest in the topic of wildlife crossing structures on rural highways. WTI elected to partner with Dr. Clevenger to support the continuation of his 5-year landmark Banff-Bow Valley research monitoring program in Banff National Park. In return, Dr. Clevenger agreed to bring his expertise and research and publcation record to bolster WTI in the pursuit to become a national leader in the wildlife-transportation research focus area. Dr. Clevenger also offered guidance on other wildlife projects such as the study to evaluate the effectiveness of wildlife crossing structures and fencing that will be incorporated into reconstruction of a section of U.S. 93 in Montana.