Researchers sound alarm over 'leakage points' in major highway: 'Losing full connectivity is a big deal'

Researchers sound alarm over 'leakage points' in major highway: 'Losing full connectivity is a big deal'

While wildlife can be resilient and tenacious, a motley collection of researchers in Wyoming is exploring ways to improve migration survival rates along Interstate 80, WyoFile reported. What's happening? WyoFile's coverage opened with the story of Mule Deer 959, a young fawn who, like his mother, spent the first year of his life close to home. When he eventually embarked on his "inaugural migration," tracking data showed how Interstate 80 influe…