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Banff Wildlife Crossings Project: Integrating Science and Education in Restoring Population Connectivity Across Transportation Corridors.
| 题名： | Banff Wildlife Crossings Project: Integrating Science and Education in Restoring Population Connectivity Across Transportation Corridors. |
| 作者： | A. P. Clevenger; A. T. Ford; M. A. Sawaya; |
| 关键词： | wildlife management,highways,wildlife crossing/transportation planning, highway design, endangered species, compliance, natural resources management, project planning, underpasses, roadways, mitigation, animals, deers, safety, landscaping, habitats, site selects/transportation planning, highway design, endangered species, compliance, natural resources management, project planning, underpasses, roadways, mitigation, animals, deers, safety, landscaping, habitats, site selects |
| 摘要： | Canadas Rocky Mountain front harbors the richest diversity of large mammals remaining in North America. The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH), a major eastwest transportation corridor, bisects Banff and Yoho National Parks. For 25 years, Banff National Park has been the focus of efforts to mitigate the impacts of the TCH on wildlife mortality and habitat fragmentation. A range of engineered mitigation measuresoverpasses, underpasses, fencingwas designed to reduce wildlife mortality and increase population connectivity. These measures have been incorporated into the design of successive TCH twinning projects (widening from two to four lanes) since 1982. This stretch of four-lane highway comprises the first large-scale complex of highway mitigation measures for wildlife of its kind in the world. The significance of these wildlife crossing structures has led to Banff assuming international leadership in highway mitigation performance and evaluation, design criteria, and connectivity studies for a wide range of animals at a landscape scale. It is the perfect natural laboratory for understanding the conservation value of highway mitigation measures for a variety of wildlife species. For 12 years, researchers led by Dr. Tony Clevenger have closely monitored how different species use these structures, and in the process have collected an enormous volume of valuable data on crossing frequency, species preference and behaviour. Since 2002, Dr Clevenger has been affiliated with the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University (WTI). In 2005, the Woodcock, Wilburforce and Kendall foundations, along with WTI, approached Parks Canadas senior managers in the mountain parks with a proposal for continued monitoring and research. A four-year partnership agreement was formalized among the parties to support the Banff Wildlife Crossings Project (BWCP). / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by Parks Canada, Ottawa (Ontario) and Federal Highway Administration, Helena, MT. Montana Div. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA, 22312, USA. / NTIS Prices: PC A09 / Corporate Author Code: 012306001 / Classifivation: Unclassified report |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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