California is tackling severe habitat fragmentation by constructing massive, multi-million dollar wildlife overpasses that span its busiest transit corridors. From a newly completed $20 million crossing on State Route 97 near Weed to the logistically massive Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing spanning ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California, these structures serve as a vital compromise between wilderness and highway. Serving a range of animals from migrating deer to mountain lions, all of whom can now safely cross high-speed bottlenecks. California, comprehensively, is both preventing costly collisions and empowering their wildlife.
Three Deer. Safe.
How California’s Ornery North and Urban South Are Solving a Problem in Similar Ways..
