Several excellent conservation advocacy organizations are working to protect wildlife and natural resources from the devastating impacts of highways and associated development. The TransWild Alliance merely provides the means for these groups to communicate, coordinate and support one another through this partnership.
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On Our Blog
- It's Watch Out for Wildlife Awareness Week!
9/22/2011 - TransWild Alliance announces 2011 Mini-Grant Awardees!
8/30/2011 - Proposed Serengeti Road Canceled!
6/24/2011 - Panther Country Happenings
5/27/2011 - 2011 is the Year of the Turtle
5/19/2011
Featured Alliance Member
Lewis Creek Association
Although dedicated volunteers assist amphibians in crossing Vermont's Monkton-Vergennes Road on spring nights every year, these species may soon be provided a more permanent way to migrate from upland habitat to wetland breeding pools without getting smashed by vehicles. Two amphibian crossing structures are estimated to cost $273,000, and in 2010, FHWA awarded Lewis Creek Association a $150,000 Transportation Enhancement grant for culvert construction. LCA is working to provide the required 30% matching funds.
TransWild Alliance in the News
Wildlife Right of Way: "Rewilding" North America
Yellowstone to Yukon is working with western landowners, tribal groups, and govt. agencies from Canada and the U.S. to weave together a corridor of restored and protected habitat for the region's wildlife. Their grizzly conservation strategy includes a suite of ideas for increasing the size of core protected areas, improving safety for bears as they migrate, educating local communities about grizzlies, and making it easier for the bears to cross major transportation routes.
Wildlands Network works with landowners and regional conservation groups in an effort to link together and protect pieces of land essential to migration and habitat restoration. When working with landowners, WN often suggests making small but important changes in the way they manage their property or livestock that will allow grasses and vegetation to recover, eventually improving stream and soil health. The long-term vision for WN is to create four major migration corridors through North America. WN is using scientific models and mapping to plan paths that help creatures migrate from one ecosystem to the next with the least possible interaction with industrial or urban areas.
Featured Video
Sloths must cross the road too
This video shows a three-toed sloth attempting to cross a busy road in Costa Rica.
