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How a federal grant could lead to safer wildlife crossings in Michigan
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On this week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a follow-up to the previous episode highlighting efforts to protect people and animals with creative wildlife crossings on roads.
Amanda Novak, a resource specialist in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Bay Region, helped spearhead the grant application and explains the importance.
As laid out in the project abstract for the grant, the number of wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) in Michigan continues to increase annually, worsening risks and costs to drivers. For example, white-tailed deer alone account for more than 55,000 WVCs and cost motorists an average of $130 million per year in Michigan. Additionally, WVCs are a major threat to many wildlife populations in the state, including documented impacts on several threatened and endangered species. Projected increases in tourism, housing development and climate change effects are likely to exacerbate WVC effects on motorists and wildlife in Michigan.
Podcast photo courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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1. How a federal grant could lead to safer wildlife crossings in Michigan (00:00:00)
2. Wildlife Conservation Efforts in Michigan (00:00:07)
3. Conserving Wildlife Habitats in Michigan (00:10:14)
4. Passionate Advocates for Michigan Wildlife (00:18:03)
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