Five crossings by grizzlies in 1996 have grown to 177 last summer-
Grizzlies using highway crossings. By Cathy Ellis. Rocky Mountain Outlook. They clearly are working.
It would be nice if some of stimulus money here in the U.S. went into wildlife crossings. They are as shovel ready as other highway projects.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
This is good news and I agree Ralph, it would be good to have some crossing structures in critical areas here in the U.S.
One place that comes to mind is that stretch along highway 191 inside Yellowstone where all kinds of wildlife are killed by the speeding traffic through the Park. There are many other places that would benefit as well.