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Interstate 90 and Washington State Related Links

July 2007. "Protections and Connections for High Quality Natural Habitats" WSDOT Executive Order

Measuring the Effects of I-90 on Wildlife
A detailed report on wildlife and transportation

Highways and Habitat: Managing habitat connectivity and landscape permeability for wildlife. A recent paper published by the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The paper features Interstate 90 as an example project.

The Biological Case for Preserving Lands in the I-90 Corridor Study
A good resource for The Cascades Conservation Partnership, this study was prepared in July 2000, and is a good summary of the biological justification for protecting wildlife habitat and corridor lands in the I-90 corridor.

Moving Washington State Forward on Interstate 90
Informative article on the economic importance of the I-90 transportation corridor for freight.

I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Wildlife Habitat Assessment Study
This report was prepared in March 2000 by biologist Peter Singleton and John F. Lehmkuhl, both with the US Forest Service.

WA Department of Transportation Snoqualmie Pass East Project Website. This is the official project website maintained and updated by the WS DOT.

WA State Transportation Commission
They exercise responsibility in preparing the state's transportation plan, proposing the state's transportation budget, and working with the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Transportation, and others across the state in formulating transportation policy.

Washington State Legislative Transportation Committee
Includes links to the House and Senate Transportation Committees. Visit this website to find out if your representative is on a state transportation committee. These committees work to understand state transportation needs, and develop a budget and policies to meet those needs.

Videos on Wildlife Connectivity:

Download a copy of a video made by 2 Bellevue Highschool students on the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project. It is a 8MB file, so make sure you have a good internet connection before downloading. Click here for video.

Give Wildlife a Brake Commercial by the Humane Society of the US. It is a great 30-second commercial that quickly conveys the problems for wildlife crossing roads. Request a copy of this from our office.

The European Connection: Designing Roads with Wildlife in Mind. A 12-minute video that looks at work done in Europe with wildlife crossings and how it can be applied here. Request a copy from our office.

Clips of wildlife using wildlife crossings in Canada by Western Transportation Institute. See grizzly bear, black bear, elk, cougar, and deer using a wildlife underpass.

Wildlife and Transportation Related Links

Considering the Cost of Roadkill by Erika Teschke

Highways and Wildlife: Review of Mitigation Projects throughout Europe, Canada and the United States (1mb PDF)
A detailed report on wildlife and transportation.

A Review of Wildlife Road Mortality and Mitigation Measures (869k PDF)by Marlo Mytty, 2004

AASTHO Center for Environmental Excellence. One stop source of environmental information for transportation professionals.

American Wildlands. Informative site offering updates and details on transportation issues effecting wildlife corridors in the Rockies, and general threats to wildlife from roads.

Audubon Magazine discusses wildlife crossings and examples of where they have been successful in the United States like Idaho and Colorado.

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Learn about the innovative solutions to wildlife passage across the Trans Canada Highway (TCH) that have been implemented at Banff.

Defenders of Wildlife Habitat & Highways Campaign. Also, look at their new explanation of environmental issues in the recently passed 6-year federal transportation bill SAFETEA.

Doing the Right Thing: Improving Transportation and Enhancing Ecosystems. This website from US Department of Transportation features transportation projects across the country that are “exemplary ecosystem initiatives”, where DOT has gone above and beyond the basic transportation plan to blend into the surrounding landscape and/or benefit wildlife.

International Conference on Ecology and Transportation is held every two years, and provides a wealth of the latest information from projects around the world. You can download the final proceedings of these conferences from their website.

Humane Society of the United States: View informational videos on wildlife crossings that emphasize the importance of these projects, and discover other great resources on their website.

Road Ecology Center, UC Davis. The John Muir Institute of the Environment (JMIE) and Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) have joined forces to advance the emerging field of road ecology. The goal is to build the leading road ecology research and education program in the world, with strong ties to government agencies and public interest groups.

Federal Highways Administration : Learn more about "critter crossings" and the large and small ways to help wildlife deal with roads.

Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads. Interesting web site, which includes a great article entitled Evaluation Of Wildlife Crossing Structures: Their Use And Effectiveness.

Wildlife Crossings Toolkit. This is actually a resource for biologists and engineers, but great stuff for those who want to learn more about the nuts and bolts of previous successful implementations.

Official comments by the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition

Read the April 2006 suggestions and comments of our coalition to USFS Supervisor Jim Boynton on the Forest Plan Revision for the Wenatchee-Okanogan National Forest. This National Forest borders the I-90 Project, and we ask that special connectivity protections are considered for a buffer around the project area. Click here to read our letter. The revised forest plan is expected to be completed by the end of 2006.

Read our coalition comments on the DEIS released in late December 2005, for the proposed ski area expansion at Snoqualmie Pass. The ski area at The Summit is located near the west end of the I-90 project area, and is closest to the habitat near the discussed crossing structures at Hyak and Coal Creek. Click here to read our letter. An FEIS is expected later in 2006.

Read the August 13, 2004 request to WSDOT to consider additional wildlife measures in the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) scheduled to be released in November 2004. Click here to read the letter, and here to view the alternatives worksheet with recommendations.

Read the coalition August 2005 official comment letter to the DEIS, and attached design alternatives analysis. Click here to view the letter, and here for the report.

Note: Please contact our office if you have any trouble opening these documents or with further questions.

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