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'Red patches on the road': Alberta wildlife corridors reduce animal-car collisions

Tim Johnson, a landscape connectivity specialist with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, speaks about the organization's wildlife overpass over the Trans Canada highway near Exshaw, Alta.
Published Nov 3, 2024 at 8:00pm

Almost every day when Blair Painter drives on the scenic Rocky Mountain highway near his home, the grey asphalt is stained red somewhere along the way.

And Painter, the mayor of Crowsnest Pass, says it's hard to find any driver who hasn't had at least one close call with wildlife on the area's busy transportation corridors.

But he expects Alberta's growing network of wildlife overpasses and underpasses will make it safer for all.