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Predicting Wildlife Use of Existing Highway Bridges and Culverts

项目名称：	Predicting Wildlife Use of Existing Highway Bridges and Culverts
摘要：	Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are paying increasing attention to wildlife connectivity needs across highways, which is reflected in the inclusion of $350 million in new funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. There are over 600,000 bridges along US highways, approximately 75% of which are over waterways and could be useful for wildlife connectivity. The purpose of this project is to develop an accessible model that DOTs can use to predict wildlife use of existing culverts and bridges and to look for cost-effective ways to increase wildlife use of existing structures. The research team will collaborate with the DOTs and/or Departments of Fish and Wildlife/Parks (etc.) of AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, ME, MT, NV, OH, OR, and VA, and the Alberta MOT to develop a predictive model for wildlife use of existing structures, based on evidence of use of these structures. The researchers will develop a statistical model using structure and near-landscape characteristics, modeled traffic noise, and evidence of wildlife use from camera traps and Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. State DOTs could use the model to predict which structures are likely to be useful and which are not. This will assist their planning and programming wildlife connectivity enhancements for areas not served by existing structures.
状态：	Active
资金：	118758
资助组织：	Department of Transportation；Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	METRANS Transportation Center
执行机构：	University of California, Davis
主要研究人员：	Shilling, Fraser
开始时间：	20221001
预计完成日期：	20230930
主题领域：	Bridges and other structures；Environment；Highways