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) 742-2963 On 3/12/13 12:25 PM, "Martin Meiss" <mme...@gmail.com> wrote: >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 >> >>
