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, you could
find out if certain sign designs are more effective at preventing road kill
than others.
Martin M. Meiss
2013/3/12 Brett Amy Thelen <bathe...@hotmail.com>
> 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 studies on these
> roads in the summer and fall, to supplement our anecdotal observations of
> wildlife crossings and roadkill at these sites and to inform sign placement.
>
> In the meantime, we're looking for guidance on effective sign design
> (wording, imagery, size, shape, etc.) I've done a fair bit of reading on
> crossing structures, but haven't yet comes across much on signage. Can
> anyone point me to studies or "best practices" documents related to
> wildlife crossing signs?
>
> Best,
>
> Brett Amy Thelen
> Program Director, Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory
> Harris Center for Conservation Education
> 83 King's Highway
> Hancock, NH 03449
> the...@harriscenter.org
>
>
