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Scroll to bottom for most recent articles Article: Vail Pass wildlife bridge gets $500,000 boost Source: Vail Daily 
PDF: $500,000_compilation.doc November 18, 2005 Alex Miller VAIL - A proposal to build a multi-million dollar wildlife bridge near the summit of Vail Pass got a lift Friday - to the tune of $500,000. Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard announced the money was approved by a House-Senate committee for inclusion in the 2006 Transportation Appropriations Bill. Final passage is expected next week... Article: Wildlife crossing scouted from above Source: Vail Daily 
PDF: Wildlife crossing scouted from above_VailDaily.doc August 28, 2005 Alex Miller VAIL PASS - Twenty people climbed into four small planes Tuesday morning to have a look at a proposed site for a wildlife overpass near the summit of Vail Pass. The idea is to some day - possibly within the next five years - have a vegetated bridge linking wildlife habitats on either side of Interstate 70.... Article: State road campaign: Be wary of wildlife Source: Denver Post 
PDF: Nov102004_pressclippingsWILDLIFE.doc Article Published: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 By Kim McGuire Denver Post Staff Writer At first glance, Ron and Cathy Rosset reckoned the glimmer in the darkness was a highway marker's reflector. Seconds later, as the Littleton couple traveled along Interstate 70 near Eagle, the truth crashed against the hood of their new Subaru Impreza.They had struck a deer, which vanished, presumably mortally injured.... Article: Car hits and kills bear in Eagle-Vail Source: Vail Daily 
PDF: Car hits and kills bear in EagleVAILDAILY.doc June 19, 2006 Nikki Katz EAGLE-VAIL - A vehicle hit a large black bear on westbound Interstate 70 in Eagle-Vail Saturday night. It appears the vehicle hit the bear and dragged it to the side of the interstate, where it died... Article: Whitetails, white knuckles Source: Rocky Mountain News 
PDF: Whitetails, White Knuckes, RMN.doc November 22, 2006 Big game taking big toll in property, life on state's roads By Deborah Frazier Collisions with deer, elk and other wildlife are the third-largest cause of vehicle crashes on Colorado highways, but the numbers dipped after the drought relented... Article: Attempt to dodge deer kills 2 Source: Denver Post PDF: DenverPostKills2.doc November 21, 2006 Joey Bunch A dead deer on Interstate 25 caused a fatal traffic accident Monday night - a common hazard in Colorado this time of year, according to traffic and wildlife officials.... Article: Wildlife Monitoring Program Studies I-70 Corridor Source: Colorado Matters November 24, 2006 This summer, volunteers placed motion-triggered cameras in the woods along I-70 between Copper Mountain and Vail. The goal: learn which animals travel near the interstate, then locate the best place to build Colorado's first wildlife bridge over the highway. Ryan Warner talks to Julia Kintsch, program director for the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project, which is leading the effort.... Go to THIS LINK for more information. Article: Critter cams track wildlife near Vail Pass Source: Summit Daily 
PDF: Summit Daily Critter cams.doc November 5, 2006 BY BOB BERWYN SUMMIT COUNTY - With a little volunteer help and a funding boost from the National Forest Foundation, the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (SREP) has successfully launched a wildlife monitoring program near Vail Pass, capturing nearly 400 images of elk, deer and other critters with motion-triggered cameras. Article: A different kind of footprint Source: Vail Daily PDF: A different kind of footprint VAIL DAILY.doc December 29, 2006 Matt Terrell EAGLE COUNTY - It might be just you and your iPod on mile three of a cross country skiing adventure, but certainly you'll notice that something beat you to the trail. Article: All Clear! Source: Audubon Magazine Sept/October 2007 
PDF: Audubon wildlife bridge 2007.doc October/November 2007 Wildlife Corridors High in the Colorado Rockies, Interstate 70 crests over Vail Pass, cutting a four-lane asphalt slash through the sur-rounding national forests that carries 20,000 cars and trucks daily. In recent years dozens of animals have been killed trying to cross I-70, which bisects Colorado from east to west, including black bears, deer, elk, and the endangered Canadian lynx. Article: Project to Reduce Collisions Gets Nods Source: Ouray Sun 
PDF: Project to reduce collisions gets nods OURAY.doc April 18, 2007 Sun Staff Report, Ouray County Eight miles of eight-foot fence isn't protecting anyone on either side. Back in the 1980s, during the construction of the Ridgway Dam, the fence was put along Highway 550 to keep wildlife off the roadway. But while the fence is a barrier, it?s full of gaps and a coalition of local governments, conservation groups and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) now has the data to begin working to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions along this particularly dangerous stretch. The Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (SREP), along with CDOT, the Federal Highway Administration...... Article: I-70 Planners Consider Wildlife & Eco Protection Source: CBS4
PDF: I-70 planners consider wildlife CBS4.doc Written by Andrea Lopez Watch the video: http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_278180956.html October 4, 2007 (CBS4) FRISCO, Colo. More traffic and higher speeds on Interstate 70 will mean more wildlife collisions. If the future holds a wider I-70, and faster speed limits through areas currently riddled with tight curves and slower speed limits, more animals will likely get hit as they try to cross the road. The Division of Wildlife has been involved with the Colorado Department of Transportation from the start in its process of exploring the problems along the mountain corridor and its presentation of possible solutions. It, along with the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service were all part of a committee called the ALIVE committee (A Landscape Level Inventory of Valued Ecosystems)..... Article: Collision Course Source: Durango Telegraph 
PDF: Collision course Telegraph.doc October 15, 2007 by Will Sands Partnership looks for answers to wildlife-vehicle collisions Cars and wildlife are colliding head-on on all over Southwest Colorado. Wrecks involving vehicles and wildlife are now the leading cause of accidents in the region and a unique public-private partnership is hoping to reverse the trend. Conflicts between cars and creatures are nothing new to the region. However, increasing population has intensified traffic on area roads and led to a huge jump in the number of wildlife vehicle collisions.Accidents involving cars and animals have risen nearly 300 percent in Colorado since 1993, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation..... Article: Safe Crossing Source: High Country News 
PDF: Safe crossing_HCN article- Nov07.doc November 12, 2007 by Peter Aleshire Armed with new research, traffic engineers are finding ways to stop highway carnage. The 600-pound elk hesitates in the dark meadow, pausing in the doorway of the small mesh enclosure, tantalized by the smell of a pile of alfalfa. Not far away, Arizona Game and Fish wildlife biologist Jeffrey Gagnon sits in a trailer and watches the elk through a night-vision camera......... Article: Sensors to detect big game animals in DOT pilot project Source: Montrose Daily Press 
PDF: Sensors to detect big game animals in DOT pilot project.doc November 14, 2007 By Lisa Huynh Without seeing incoming wildlife, drivers on a mile-long stretch of southwestern road will soon get ample notice that big-game animals are nearby.... Article: Group Works on Wildlife Linkages Source: Durango Herald 
PDF: Groups work on wildlife linkagesHerald.doc November 8, 2007 By Dale Rodebaugh Five of the 12 most dangerous areas where deer and elk cross Colorado highways are in Southwest Colorado, said a spokeswoman for the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project. "The emerging science of road ecology is beginning to unveil the real impacts that transportation infrastructure has on wildlife movement," Monique DiGiorgio, director of development for the project, said. "We're pleased to work with the Colorado Department of Transportation to provide wildlife safe passage across Colorado.".... Article: Helping wildlife cross roads Source: Denver Post 
PDF: denver and the westFeb6.2008.doc February 6, 2008 Plans for under- and overpasses are response to surge in animal-vehicle accidents By Howard Pankratz In the mountains near Vail, the state is planning to build the first wildlife bridge in Colorado history, while near Boulder, wildlife specialists are considering protecting elk by either building a wildlife underpass or fitting the animals with collars that would trigger lights warning of their presence...... Article: Slideshow: Crossing the ?Berlin Wall? for wildlife Source: HCN ONLINE - March 10, 2008 by Francisco Tharp Article: I-70 Wildlife Bridge Update Source: Colorado Matters - KCFR 
Friday, March 14, 2008 Ryan Warner Vail, CO - Officials have decided where to put a planned wildlife bridge spanning I-70 near Vail Pass. The decision was helped by photographic data collected by the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project. Dan Meyers talks with Program Director Julia Kintsch... http://www.kcfr.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=331  |
