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Easy Ways to Help Wildlife Along Roads

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Along Roads

Every year cars, vans, and trucks traveling on America's public roads kill millions of animals. Highway construction, like urban and residential development, often destroys or fragments their habitat. Critter Crossings: Linking Habitats and Reducing Roadkill highlights some successful overpasses, underpasses, and resource management approaches that are helping to meet this challenge.

On these Keeping It Simple pages you'll read about numerous "easy," complementary strategies that help make roads more wildlife friendly. You'll also read about simple ways states are managing roadside habitats...minimizing highway construction's impact on sensitive species...controlling highway runoff so it doesn't pollute water and harm aquatic life...and improving roadside lighting so it doesn't disrupt the flight pattern of migratory birds.

Title: Tortoise ramps
State: Arizona

Title: Elk proof fencing
State: Arizona

Title: A "fence" made of boulders keeps elk off a busy highway
State: Arizona

Title: "Electric crosswalk" cuts elk roadkill by 96 percent
State: Arizona

Title: "Watch out for elk" signs get motorists to slow down
State: Arizona

Title: Sturdy fence cuts tortoise roadkill by 75%
State: Arizona

Title: Not mowing "excess" right of way benefits wildlife
State: Arkansas

Title: Less mowing of roadside "transition zones" creates new wildlife habitat
State: Arkansas

Title: Not a Single Turtle Death on This Highway, Thanks to Turtle Fencing
State: Arkansas

Title: Saving non-economic "remnants" along roads for wildlife habitat
State: Arkansas

Title: Clearing vegetation protects red-legged frog
State: California

Title: Training helps keep desert tortoises safe
State: California

Title: Using Gravel to Unblock Desert-Tortoise Culverts
State: California

Title: Small measures protect a little fox - big time
State: California

Title: Median-Barrier Gaps Let Animals Cross the Highway
State: California

Title: Plastic "Toad Wall" Guarantees Safe Trip to Wildlife Crossing
State: Colorado

Title: Fixing Wildlife-Crossing "Ledges to Nowhere"
State: Florida

Title: Dimmer lights mean safer flights for shorebirds
State: Hawaii

Title: Culvert ledges offer phoebes more nest options
State: Illinois

Title: Higher lights, safer flights for bats along roads
State: Indiana

Title: "Critter Barrier" Protects Prairie Reptiles, Amphibians, and Small Mammals
State: Iowa

Title: Catch basin keeps road chemicals away from wildlife
State: Iowa

Title: Rock-brush piles create safe home for little snake
State: Kansas

Title: Endangered woodpeckers move into human-made homes
State: Louisiana

Title: Two trenches protect lake fish from highway runoff
State: Maine

Title: Natural berm controls runoff in a small space
State: Maine

Title: Silt fence, buckets, and volunteers prove curb is safe for salamanders
State: Maryland

Title: On Track with "Turtle Tracks"
State: Massachusetts

Title: Fence with an "angle" protects gopher tortoises
State: Mississippi

Title: Ferruginous hawk nest is relocated and rebuilt
State: Montana

Title: Nesting platforms protect osprey nests near road construction
State: Montana

Title: Ground-nesting birds gain habitat along a state parkway
State: New York

Title: "Living snow fences" benefit both wildlife and motorists
State: New York

Title: Nest boxes create more homes for kestrels, wood ducks, and other native species
State: New York

Title: Composting Roadkilled Deer Keeps Scavengers at Bay
State: New York

Title: Old Guide Rail is "Guide Fence" for Traveling Salamanders
State: New York

Title: "Perch poles" give bald eagles a bird
State: Oklahoma

Title: "Quiet" guardrails protect spotted owls from percussive noise
State: Oregon

Title: Donating Roadkilled Deer to Rescued White Wolves
State: Oregon

Title: "Special Management Areas" Preserve Endangered Butterfly Habitat
State: Oregon

Title: Donated signposts help protect migrating turtles
State: South Carolina

Title: No roadside mowing during nesting season protects game birds
State: South Dakota

Title: Not trimming palm fronds saves baby bats
State: Texas

Title: Patience and Resourcefulness Protect Mexican Free-Tail Bats
State: Texas

Title: Turning a box culvert into a bat culvert
State: Texas

Title: Mandating "natural" erosion control matting helps crawling critters
State: Vermont

Title: Bringing back quail with native grasses
State: Virginia

Title: Making Drainage Pipes and Culverts Larger so Wildlife Will Use Them
State: Virginia

Title: "Fish Sticks" Help Protect Salmon Habitat
State: Washington

Title: New roadsides get less clearing, more wildlife habitat
State: West Virginia

Title: Planting a few seeds pays off for an endangered butterfly
State: Wisconsin

Title: Innovative revegetation methods create wildlife habitat and "natural" roadside
State: Wyoming

Title: Wood tops on deer fences reduce injury and death
State: Wyoming

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