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Campaign News:
Motorists, wildlife both win with I-90 expansion
News Archive
Select from any of the links below
to read past news and other articles about the I-90 Wildlife Bridges
Coalition and wildlife and highways in general.
January 2006. Greens learn business counts
when it comes to winning in Olympia.
Click here to read.
January, 2005. The Cascade
Times reports on the WSDOT hosted meeting on January 3rd to give an
overall project update. Click here to read the cover page.
Click here to read full article.
January, 2005. The Seattle
PI looks back at the last legislative session and notes "Greens Learn
Business" by bringing win-win packages to the legislature that help
business and the environment. The article uses I-90 as an example
of something that made it through successfully in the last session.
Click here to read.
December, 2005. The I-90
Project is awarded the national "Exemplary Ecosystem Award" for its high
level of planning to include environmental standards in the project.
Click
here to read more.
November, 2005 The Seattle Times
writes "King, Snohomish county voters block tax repeal" Initiative
912 is defeated.
Click here to read.
October, 2005 Associated
Press piece runs in the Seattle Times showing "Environmental Groups back
the gas tax rise".
Click here to read.
August, 2005 Thousands comment on
I-90 DEIS. Click here to read more.
July 25, 2005 LA Times cover I-90
Project including the wildlife crossings.
Click here to read the story as it appeared in the News Tribune.
July 6, 2005 MSNBC features I-90
Project in article "Wildlife getting help crossing roads."
Click here to read the story.
July 5, 2005 WSDOT hosts the final
of three public comment hearings on the I-90 Project in Seattle. The
coalition will be kicking off the hearing with a tailgate picnic and
rally. Click
here to view our press release.
June 30, 2005 Wildlife crossings
were the main topic at WSDOT's first public comment hearing in
Ellensburg.
Click
here to read the Daily Record's coverage of the hearing.
June 14, 2005 A great editorial
piece in support of the wildlife crossings makes the Opinion Page of the
Seattle PI, and the paper holds an Opinion Poll on whether the crossings
are worth the investment. Polls closed with nearly 87% of readers voting
that "Yes" the crossings make the roadway safer and are a good
investment,
click here to view the editorial and poll.
June 10, 2005 The release of the
DEIS and its designs to make I-90 wildlife friendly is covered in both
major Seattle daily papers. Click here to read the
Seattle Times article and
here to read the Seattle PI article. The release also was noted on
area radio stations including KOMO-AM, KIRO, and KUOW.
For visual coverage, you can view
the piece that King 5 TV's Gary Chittim did on the project and view some
great archived materials as well.
Click here to view.
June 9, 2005: Unprecedented
wildlife crossing structures included in tomorrows release of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement. Click here to read more.
June 6, 2005: Winner chosen in our
90-second streaming video contest. Click here to find out more and view
the video.
April 4, 2005: I-90 Project
Included in Senate Committee Plan. Read Press Release online.
March 20, 2005: The King County
Journal explains how both R's and D's in Olympia are looking at taxes as
a way to get transportation moving in WA. Read online.
March 18, 2005: The winning ad
from our "Bridging Futures" contest is featured in the Kittitas Daily
Record. Read online.
March 16, 2005: The Cascade Times
covers our "Bridging Futures" project and contest winner. Read pdf
online.
March 15, 2005: Winning ad from
statewide elementary school contest announced today as Maitland Johnson
of Ellensburg, WA. Press Release.
March 1, 2005: AAA's Journey
Magazine features the I-90 Project in their popular frontlines section
in an article entitled "Seeking Ways to Make I-90 Safer for Motorists
and Wildlife". Read PDF file.
January 24, 2005: KUOW's Weekday
program speaks with legislative leaders in Olympia to find out if a new
revenue to pay for the many large transportation projects in our state
is going to pass this year. Listen online.
January 2005: WA State Elected
Officials from Kittitas County share their support for the I-90 Project
to The Cascade Times. Read PDF file.
November 25, 2004: Make it safer
for chicken to cross road, Seattle P-I, Letter to the Editor.
November 22, 2004: Coalition
Outreach Coordinator Jen Watkins and US Forest Service biologist Patty
Garvey discuss the current obstacles for wildlife on I-90, and the
potential benefits for them if the project were successful. Listen
online.
November 18, 2004: Fatal crashes
caused by animals increase. Cars and motorcycles crash into deer more
than 4,000 times a day, and it's taking an increasingly deadly toll - on
people. Read more in the Seattle P-I.
November 13, 2004: Coalition
director Charlie Raines spoke with Best Friends Radio, a weekly show
aired from Idaho to New York. He gave an overview of the coalition and
the potential to increase safety for motorists and wildlife with
wildlife crossing structures. Listen online.
October 7, 2004: Tim Engstrom,
journalist for Kittitas County's Daily Record took a Cascades fly-over
and spent some time with our staff and staff of WSDOT to understand the
I-90 crossing issue. Read his story Wildlife Crossing.
September 27, 2004: The Cascades
Conservation Partnership secured $1.8 million for Yakima River wildlife
corridor acquisitions, protecting habitat just south of proposed
wildlife bridges at Easton Hill. Read more on the Partnership website.
September 20, 2004: The Billings
Gazette reports on crossing solutions proposed for grizzly and other
wildlife in Montana. Read New highway crossings target wildlife safety.
September 18, 2004: Cascades
Conservation Partnership Campaign Director David Atcheson was
interviewed on KEXP-FM for Mind Over Matters. Hear this interesting
discussion of their land protection efforts and the wildlife crossings
still needed across I-90 in the central Cascades.
September 8, 2004: Ninety people
attended the Cascades Crossings Forum on August 24. Did you miss it? See
our event recap and view the new photo gallery of this much talked
about, standing room-only event.
August 16, 2004: The coalition
sends WSDOT an official request to consider additional wildlife measures
in the draft EIS. See our press release and the request.
July 30, 2004: Support is growing
in the science community for wildlife passage on I-90. A new letter of
support has been sent by another group of distinguished scientists to
Secretary MacDonald.
July 7, 2004: The Mountains To
Sound Greenway Trust writes a letter of support to Secretary MacDonald.
June 24, 2004: The Yakima
Herald-Republic reports on yesterday's presentation by the Coalition to
The Washington Transportation Commission. (Note: The link to this story
is no longer available).
June 21, 2004: A tragic
automobile-elk collision occurred on I-90 last night, which underlines
the importance of wildlife crossings. The Seattle Times reports on what
happened.
May 24, 2004: Ten distinguished
scientists urge high quality wildlife passage in a letter to Washington
State Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald.
May 4, 2004: Article on highways
and wildlife crossings from the Seattle Times /Washington Post: Critter
crossings strategies pick up speed
April 22, 2004: Listen to this
informative KUOW-FM story by Tom Banse: Reducing Car Versus Critter
Collisions
February 2004: Key members of the
Washington State House of Representatives stress the importance of high
quality wildlife passage in a letter to Washington State Transportation
Secretary Doug MacDonald.
If you'd like to learn more about
the science of wildlife passage issues, see our Resources page.
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