LibGuides: US State DOT Wildlife Crossing Structures: Home

Welcome!

Background:

The original US State DOT Wildlife Crossing LibGuide was created in response to a request for information and resources used by state DOTs for the design of wildlife mitigation structures as result of a project of the Western Transportation Knowledge Network to provide a series of resource guides covering topics of interest to the transportation community, particularly in the Western US states. It has grown through the contribution of many transportation librarians, researchers and others throughout the US and Canada. Support for the LibGuide platform comes through the National Transportation Library.

The latest update includes the addition of state-DOT wildlife crossings websites with a focus on shared use or the inclusion of human-use paths in response to a request for how other state DOTs consider pedestrian and bicycle paths when building wildlife crossings.

Arrangement and Organization of Libguide:

The libguide is arranged with the most recent source at the top and is divided into tabs of geographical sections with headers listing more specific locations within each tab.

Most links in this guide open to full-text, or to an introductory page that allows the user to down-load the full-text PDF. In some cases, the links go to the abstract of a fee-based article, in which case researchers, students and instructors should contact the library to see if access can be obtained through inter-library loan.

If you have any suggestions for this guide or have resources that you would like to have added, please contact: Amanda J. Carter, ODOT Librarian.

US Government, TRB and AASHTO Guides and Manuals

Autonomous Wildlife Crossing Detection Method with Roadside Lidar Sensors 2018
This research provided an innovative approach to detecting and tracking wildlife activities at highways using 3D Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology.
Evaluation of a Buried Sensing Cable for Roadside Animal Detection 2018
To reduce AVCs in the state, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), proposed the evaluation of a microwave roadside animal detection system (ADS) in naturalistic conditions.

The Case for a Nationwide Commitment to a Systematic Network of Highway Crossings for Wildlife 2017
Crossing structures are effective mitigation measures with many benefits including increased motorist safety, monetary savings from property damage, wildlife protection, connected habitats, genetically viable wildlife populations and resiliency to changing climate.

Wireless Camera Systems and Web-Informatics for Environmental Monitoring of Transportation Corridors 2016
The authors describe the creation of automated methods for web-system processing of photographic monitoring data from cell/wireless-communicating camera systems at purpose-built and opportunistic wildlife crossing structures.
Construction Guidelines for Wildlife Fencing and Associated Escape and Lateral Access Control Measures 2015
This report describes the current state of knowledge and practice regarding the design,
implementation and maintenance of wildlife fencing and associated escape and lateral access
control measures.
Wildlife Crossing Toolkit 2015
The Wildlife Crossings Toolkit provides information for terrestrial biologists, engineers, and transportation professionals to assist in maintaining or restoring habitat connectivity across transportation infrastructure on public lands.
Wildlife Protection: Keeping it Simple; Easy Ways to Help Wildlife Along Roads 2012
This website highlights more than 100 simple, successful projects from all 50 states and beyond. Each is "easy." Most are low- or no-cost. All benefit wildlife, fish, or their habitats.
Wildlife Crossing Structure Handbook: Design and Evaluation in North America 2011
This handbook provides numerous solutions to wildlife-vehicle interactions by offering effective and
safe wildlife crossing examples.
Evaluation of the Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings 2008
This report documents the development of an interactive, web-based decision guide protocol for the selection, configuration, and location of wildlife crossings.
Stream Simulation: An Ecological Approach to Providing Passage for Aquatic Organisms at Road-Stream Crossings 2008
This is a U.S. Forestry Service guide to stream simulation—a method for designing and building road-stream crossings intended to permit free and unrestricted movements of any aquatic species

Wildlife-Vehicle Reduction Study 2008
Under the SAFETEA-LU Congressional Bill, the Secretary of Transportation was directed to conduct a national wildlife-vehicle collision (WVC) reduction study. The study was to advance the understanding of the causes and impacts of WVCs and identify solutions to this growing safety problem.

Animal-Vehicle Collision Data Collection 2007
This synthesis examines the extent to which AVC and AC data are collected, analyzed, and used across the United States and Canada.

Wildlife Crossings and Structures

Roads and highways encroach on wildlife habitats, increasing the risk of vehicle/wildlife interactions and posing a danger, not only to the wildlife, but often to drivers as well. Transportation agencies continue to address this problem, working to provide safe passage for animals - from turtles to grizzly bears - and provide protection for the travelling public. This guide identifies many of the studies and guidelines currently in use.

Guide Author

Updated by:

Amanda J. Carter, MSIS

Oregon Dept. of Transportation Library
ODOTLibrary@ODOT.Oregon.gov
(971) 701-0709

Original Creator:

Laura Wilt, MLIS, (retired)

Oregon Department of Transportation Library

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