A Project of Sage Steppe Wild
Cameras show wildlife use Highway 93 North overpass and tunnel. By Vince Devlin. Missoulian
Not the first time we have posted a story on these tunnels, but their use keeps growing.
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time 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.
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I took great joy in seeing these wonderful tunnels this summer. They put a smile on my face. I also like how the fencing funneled the animals to the proper crossing area. Also, I believe one of the crossings I saw was a bridge.
This is the human race evolving in a positive direction. This is the right thing to do. Such an awesome area too.
I was driving between Missoula and Glacier, and also spending time at the Bison Range.
Missoula is a heck of a town.
They just finished one of these on my route to work where about 80 elk and dear are killed each winter. Hope it really cuts that number down.