Wildlife use of wildlife crossing structures on US93 North in Montana

The U.S. Highway 93 North (US 93 North) - 'The People’s Way’ - reconstruction project represents the most extensive wildlife-sensitive highway design effort in the United States. This is within northwest Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation, the homeland of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.US93 North was expanded in the early 2000s, and to address ecological and cultural concerns with the expansion of this 56-mile long road section, the following measures were built to improve motorist safety by reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and to maintain wildlife habitat connectivity and population viability by providing safe crossing opportunities for wildlife:

41 fish and wildlife crossing structures
18 miles of fencing
60 jump-outs
Numerous wildlife crossing guards

Monitoring efforts have found these structures are frequently used, with documentation of over 53,600 wildlife uses from 2010-2012 by over 30 species!

Find out more at www.peopleswaywildlifecrossings.org