Amy Thelen [bathe...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:52 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] wildlife crossing sign design?
Hello ECOLOGers --
I work for a land trust and conservation education in southwest New Hampshire,
and we have gotten the go-ahead to place
Hello ECOLOGers --
I work for a land trust and conservation education in southwest New Hampshire,
and we have gotten the go-ahead to place wildlife crossing signs on certain
sections of road that bisect a large corridor of our conserved land. We're
hoping to conduct baseline road mortality
Hi, Brett,
Unfortunately, I can't help you with sign design, but it would be
neat if you got a couple of seasons of road-kill data before you put the
signs up. That way you could conduct a before-and-after study and see if
the signs actually do any good, or with enough time and data,
A few papers I found useful when researching this topic:
Huijser et al 2007 Wildlife-Vehicle Collision and Crossing Mitigation
Measures: Toolbox for the Montana Department of Transportation
Mastro et al 2008 Deer-vehicle collision prevention techniques
Sullivan et al 2003 Effectiveness of
Folks in the UK have lots of experience with wildlife and livestock
crossing signs of all types. You might check for sources there.
William J. Resetarits, Jr
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-3131
Phone: (806) 742-2710, ext.300
Fax (806)
Hi Brett,
Have you contacted the New Hampshire DOT? I work for the Colorado DOT and I
know we keep road kill reports and put in a lot of wildlife crossings. I
am sure the New Hampshire DOT has many years of good information. They
probably have some good ideas on what signage works best in your
Message -
From: Amber Law ambyrli...@gmail.com
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] wildlife crossing sign design?
Hi Brett,
Have you contacted the New Hampshire DOT? I work for the Colorado DOT and
I
know we keep road kill reports
I would definitely agree with contacting State DOT's and counties too -
especially if they are progressive and have a developed system when it comes
this type of thing.
I live in Boulder, CO and there are a whole bunch of wildlife crossings all
over the county.
I would definitely recommend a
