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 area and can point you in the right direction as far as studies.
Good luck! Amber Law *Hydrologic Resource Specialist* State of Colorado, Department of Transportation 4201 East Arkansas Avenue, Shumate Bldg Denver, Colorado 80222 Office: 303-757-9814 On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Martin Meiss <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > > 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 > > [email protected] > > > > > -- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. The Dalai Lama (1935 - )
