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By REQUEST ONLY: Road ecology research has tended to focus on wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) while omitting or failing to differentiate domestic (i.e., livestock) animal-vehicle collisions (DAVCs). Using a ten-year collision data set for Montana, we show that WVCs and DAVCs occur at different times of the day, during different seasons of the year, and in different locations at both coarse and fine spatial scales. Our results suggest that DAVCs warrant greater attention and may represent a high priority for management in some areas, potentially requiring different mitigation measures than WVCs. Please email Tyler Creech at tyler@largelandscapes.org for a copy. 

Featured in the United Nations Environment Programme’s Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environment Concern, this article highlights the forces of fragmentation, the demand for diverse solutions, and the opportunity to set targets for connectivity conservation that can prevent further fragmentation and biodiversity loss, while increasing resilience to the effects of climate change.

This study uses genetic data to understand how landscape and environmental factors influence demographic connectedness in Europe’s largest brown bear population and to assist in mitigating planned infrastructure development in Romania.

This review of the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 might inform the future use of public funds to improve and repair the nation’s highways, railways, seaports and airports as the U.S. Congress and the Trump Administration consider new transportation infrastructure legislation in 2019 and 2020.

On July 30, 2019, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee unanimously voted (21-0) to advance a bipartisan transportation reauthorization bill, S. 2302, America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act. This summary compiles excerpts of the wildlife-related provisions of that bill, including Section 1125, which for the first time ever creates a $250 million wildlife crossing pilot program aimed at reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and improving habitat connectivity.

Investment in transportation infrastructure (primarily roads and railways) is a primary driver of threats and impacts to wildlife habitat and connectivity across sub-Saharan Africa. With this background in mind, this paper presents two analyses: 1) a comprehensive accounting of the global and regional multilateral development banks (MDBs) active in sub-Saharan Africa, their absolute investments in, and relative emphasis on, transportation infrastructure on the continent; and 2) a systematic review of the environmental and social safeguards and standards policies of MDBs that relate to wildlife, habitat, connectivity, and biodiversity conservation.

The first integrated global-scale intergovernmental assessment of the status, trends, and future of the links between people and nature provides an unprecedented picture of the extent of mutual dependence, the breadth and depth of the ongoing and impending crisis, and the interconnectedness among sectors and regions.

This article explores opportunities for using data and products produced by the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program to support the implementation of the 2012 Planning Rule. The Planning Rule promulgated new regulations for land-management planning and emphasizes the importance of scientifically credible assessment and monitoring strategies for adaptive forest planning and maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity.

This document provides a variety of potential provisions for state legislators. Each provision attempts to address and improve different facets of identifying and protecting state wildlife movement and habitat connectivity. The following pages provide rationales for enhancing existing or creating new provisions and, where available, include examples of model or sample legislative language. Although intended to be sufficiently flexible to apply anywhere in the U.S., the sample provisions included in the document are not tailored to any specific state. As a result, those provisions may require additional modifications or refinements, depending upon the state’s desired goal, as well as the enactment of additional provisions related to compliance, enforcement, or other avenues of accountability.

A description of the main provisions of the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, accompanied by case studies of how the legislation would benefit several key species (including Florida panthers, pronghorn, monarch butterflies, and grizzly bears).