How Can Transportation Enhancements Benefit Wildlife?
Transportation Enhancements is a sadly under-utilized program that could provide as much as $61 million per year for restoring wildlife habitat connectivity and reducing wildlife vehicle collisions. Read this new white paper to learn more. Wildlife Roads and highways affect wildlife in many ways; both directly as roadkill, and indirectly via the degradation, fragmentation and loss of habitat. The United States has 4 million miles of roadways, on which an estimated one million vertebrates die every day. Read More >>In the States Each state has its own department of transportation which receives federal funding for roads and highways. Most of the planning for road building and improvements are made by the state DOT. Defenders encourages local planners and state DOTs to incorporate wildlife conservation into transportation planning to avoid further conflicts and habitat loss. Get informed and get involved to protect your state’s wildlife. Read More >> TransWild Alliance Find additional re
