Roaring Fork Safe Passages releases mitigation plans for wildlife crossings

Melissa Bates: Highway 101’s Deadly Toll on Wildlife Demands Crossing Solutions Now

Last month, two of our region’s most iconic wild residents — a mountain lion and a black bear — were killed by vehicles on Highway 101. The bear near Summerland, the mountain lion near the Castillo Street exit in downtown Santa Barbara. These fatalities aren’t isolated incidents. They’re part of a heartbreaking and predictable pattern throughout California, especially here along the Central Coast where Los Padres National Forest meets a fragment…

Roaring Fork Safe Passages releases mitigation plans for wildlife crossings

To address the persistent and dangerous issue of wildlife-vehicle collisions along State Highway 82, a new mitigation strategy released in June outlines a plan to build a series of wildlife crossings between Aspen Village and the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport.  The effort is being led by Roaring Fork Safe Passages, in coordination with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Pitkin County, and the Colorado Department of Transportation. Over the past decade, …