To Animal Lovers and Hunters

[jaman]

[dubois_15801]

While it would help immensely, that "Ted Zoli" is wrong where he said it would disappear with a generation.   There would still be roadkill/accidents.

[Hostofchucks]

Just move the deer crossing signs to roads with less traffic 

[rnetzlof]

When someone says "All you have to do is X" you can be quite sure that X is not all that you will have to do.

[Lizard]

Because all the animals will know where to cross!! Waste of money. The pollys would waste more of the earmarked funds on everything but what its supposed to be used for.

[lavender]

6 hours ago, Hostofchucks said:

Just move the deer crossing signs to roads with less traffic 

Wouldn't we have to teach them to read?

[pwacm]

Just mandate the deer to cross at the signs we already have. 

[Petee]

These are amazing for large migrating herds but our deer aren't in herds, they're more in scattered groups that all go their own way  including circles.  

[JT85]

This is just like a cross walk to humans. Not all humans cross at them. So what makes them think other animals would use these. 

[Gold Brick]

Using a cross walk doesn't keep you safe. Too many distracted drivers.

[fedup]

This is a practice run for the Rio Grande 

[jaman]

12 hours ago, Lizard said:

Because all the animals will know where to cross!! Waste of money. The pollys would waste more of the earmarked funds on everything but what its supposed to be used for.

Bingo

[Hostofchucks]

20 hours ago, lavender said:

Wouldn't we have to teach them to read?

That is covered in the Dems spending Bill 

[rnetzlof]

The more I think on Ted Zoli's proposal, the more irritated I get. Think about it. That 8 billion a year figure is, presumably, the total of vehicle repair or replacement costs and medical expenses caused by collisions with wildlife. Zoli proposes taking one quarter of that to build wildlife overpasses.

How is that to be done? During that first year, while there are no overpasses, wildlife/vehicle accidents will presumably continue at historic rates, incurring $8 billion in costs. Are one quarter of the injured to forego treatment, one quarter of the vehicles to go unrepaired so as to make available the $2 billion Zoli proposes to "take"?

The thing is a prime example of "pie in the sky by and by", or perhaps merely an empty head in action.

[Petee]

Methinks Ted Zoli is trying to drum up some business for himself.  Big brains, no common sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Zoli

[lavender]

4 hours ago, Hostofchucks said:

That is covered in the Dems spending Bill 

I don't think that they are going to get the deer to mask up for classes. I assume the money will be spent wisely in doing a 2 or 3 year study on how to get deer to wear masks. 

[dubois_15801]

These have proven to help out west.  But the number of places that deer cross limited access highways here in PA would require a tunnel the length of the entire state on just I-80 alone.  lol

Now, with that above being said - I'd rather spend $8B on these across the many states than send $0.01 abroad.   There are places on I-80 where these could be used.   It would help, but wouldn't completely eliminate deer impacts on the interstate.

[Petee]

They have huge crossings where there are reindeer herds, but they are herded to them.

[Keyser Soze]

California Wildlife Crossing to Be Largest in the World

The 10-lane highway overpass in Los Angeles designed to allow mountain lions and other animals to more freely roam, find mate.

 

A 200-foot-long wildlife overpass under construction in Los Angeles aims to help mountain lions and other animals roam safely across the concrete jungle of Highway 101, raising their chances of long-term survival.

Preservationists had raised concerns that the city’s winding freeway system forced area mountain lions to breed with nearby relatives, which could lead to lower survival rates. The new overpass, which will connect the Santa Monica Mountains to the Simi Hills over 10 lanes of highway in Agoura Hills, will allow the animals to mix with other, unrelated mountain lions. 

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which broke ground recently, will be the largest in the world when it is completed, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

It will be about 165 feet wide, complete with soil, vegetation and walls to help block both light and noise from the road, said Seth Riley, wildlife branch chief for the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. 

Dr. Riley said the goal is to make the overpass feel like it’s part of the natural area. 

“Actual conservation action is occurring, which is really exciting,” said Dr. Riley, whose team has been studying the effects of growth and urbanization over the past 25 years.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-wildlife-crossing-to-be-largest-in-the-world-11651147265?mod=hp_listb_pos4

[WMJ77]

hope it works

[lavender]

Now that they have a safe corridor for mountain lions maybe they can do something about the homeless.