Bears Need Highway Overpasses, Too (The Atlantic Cities)

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    Andrew Spiering
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    “We’re able to demonstrate thousands and thousands of crossings every year, by 10-11 species of large mammals,” Clevenger says. “We knew there were families of adult sows with cubs, adult female cougars with kittens using them. We knew that from the tracks. But the critics out there, some among transportation agencies, would say, ‘Well it’s always the same male black bear that’s going back and forth.'”

    Full Story: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/08/inside-dramatic-world-transportation-planning-bears/6487/

    Are animal overpasses needed and do they really work?  Leave your thoughts below…

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    Recently I visited Jones and Jones in Seattle, WA with the UGA CED Land 4800/6800 West Coast Field Trip. Here is a project that they had completed that was successful:

    http://www.jonesandjones.com/work/pdf/regions/US_Highway_93.pdf

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    Tosh K
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    Doesn’t this make an ideal ‘kill zone’ for the predators?  Albeit no different than the ones that naturally exist, and perhaps more fair than the highway.

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