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"It's working!" Check out the critters big and small who are using Utah's first wildlife overpass to cross Interstate 80.
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Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty!
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)So very touching.
Doing my heart well with an uplift. 💙
birdographer
(1,338 posts)Not only happy that humans did something good, but that the animals are being saved! Yep, a bit weepy. A great break from all the noise.
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)SilasSouleII
(363 posts)soldierant
(6,921 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)Utah DWR should have kept the news quiet. Poachers know where to take a buck, bear, or moose and will stake it out for an easy kill, while avoiding wildlife monitoring video cameras.
NJCher
(35,729 posts)might solve that problem
Bayard
(22,149 posts)So glad to see this!
Deuxcents
(16,330 posts)Great idea.. hope we see more of these everywhere 🐾
DarleenMB
(408 posts)and have been for decades. I'm thrilled to see they are finally happening here. Wyoming needs LOTS of these!
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Thank you for posting
I am so glad those marvelous creatures have a way to make a safe crossing.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)We need more of these in Colorado, too.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)I still remember seeing the usual migration of elk across 6th Avenue and seeing cars not even slowing down. It upset the hell out of me.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/03/animal-wildlife-crossings/
ShazzieB
(16,513 posts)Even if you're a big enough jerk to not care about the animals, that's just crazy. We don't have elk where I live, but we have plenty of white tailed deer, and hitting one of those guys can easily total a car. (Ask me how I know. ) Elk are waayyy bigger than white tails. I can't imagine not driving super cautiously around critters that size. I guess some people are just idiots.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)elk crossing, though not as elaborate as the one depicted in the OP it does work. Before, there were instances of motor vehicle v elk disasters during their annual migration along foothills up into the mountains.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)Sharpening his claws on the log is so cool.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)Logged a lot of hours of that thing sitting there.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)some kind of storage (cloud or NAS).
niyad
(113,552 posts)peggysue2
(10,839 posts)What a great and creative idea. That wildlife overpass will save a lot of lives, animal and human. inadvertently hitting one of those large animals in your car is a likely death sentence.
Again, Bravo.
Caring for our wildlife. What a wild idea!
Skittles
(153,193 posts)humans at their finest
Aussie105
(5,432 posts)The variety of wildlife is amazing.
Hope there are some underpasses too, for the smaller animals that like to stick close to the ground.
Build more! MORE!
birdographer
(1,338 posts)I love this!! So wonderful to see something GOOD out there!! I hope more places do this.
OnlyLoveEndures
(11 posts)...and could watch it all day. Being a 73-yr-old life-long vegetarian, it warms my heart to see this effort made for these beautiful creatures!
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Worried2020
(444 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)The LA area badly needs one or more of these to keep the area cougar population safe.
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)It's over the 101, out around the Calabasas area. I don't know if they have actually broken ground yet but it's been planned for several years already. The mtn lion freeway deaths have been a big catalyst for getting this approved. And I agree, more than one would be much better.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)she responded with this! Im so happy!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/21/los-angeles-wildlife-bridge-mountain-lions
I think its at Liberty Canyon, judging by the still photos and video. Its close to us in Thousand Oaks.
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)It seems like it's been approved for ages. I wish they'd get going and get it done.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)StarryNite
(9,460 posts)rocktivity
(44,577 posts)When a toll was "forced" to be introduced to the George Washington Bridge, it was supposed to be fifty cents and supposed to be temporary.
rocktivity
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)machoneman
(4,010 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)We could use a few of these in Washington state.
Hiawatha Pete
(1,800 posts)Yes they do work. We started installing them in Canada around 1997.
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/banffs-famed-wildlife-overpasses-turn-20-world-looks-canada-conservation-inspiration
wendyb-NC
(3,330 posts)A safe way for wildlife to move around their territories and avoid roads and motor vehicles.
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)Many are forested
msongs
(67,441 posts)WheelWalker
(8,956 posts)But, it gives prey a chance.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)to than to be road kill.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)I seem to remember a story about Canada and the US cooperating to set up a corridor for wolves to travel more easily. Was that a fever dream, or am I going to have to Google it?
NM, I know the answer to that.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)So glad to see these overpasses (and underpasses) are used by the animals. Tax payer money well spent as far as I am concerned.
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Just wonderful. I hope many more are built.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)looked almost like one of the squirrels, except it was night.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)near Australia. Millions of red crabs migrate from the forest to the sea to spawn.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)North Shore Chicago
(3,324 posts)PS. Don't tell that bird he/she doesn't need that bridge. lol
AllaN01Bear
(18,384 posts)seen where wild live corridors have been built and they use it. in some places in austrailia they have rope crossings for the koloa . or other places small tunnels under roads for small wildlife . build it and they will come . more please .
KS Toronado
(17,317 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)I could swear it looked like a cougar was swimming and hopped over the log
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Very cool!
mrsadm
(1,198 posts)I absolutely love it. Had no idea this many creatures would actually use an overpass (albeit one with rocks, logs, and other stuff to make it realistic).
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burrowowl
(17,645 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)why did the moose cross the road?
why did the reindeer cross the road?
SunSeeker
(51,694 posts)greblach
(257 posts)We are doing this in Washington as well...