Numlock News: July 8, 2021 • Thriving, Lithium, Mineshafts
www.numlock.com
By Walt Hickey Corridors Large animals cause 20 crashes a day on California’s state highways, amounting to about 7,000 collisions per year. Animals just want to cross the road, but lack an opportunity to do so safely; deliberately building bridges and underpasses for animals to traverse freeways reduces the number of collisions. Utah saw a 98.5 percent decrease in deer mortalities after two new underpasses were installed along migratory routes, and Colorado saw vehicle collisions drop 89 percent after two bridges for mule deer and elk went up across a highway. California seeks to follow that model, funding
Numlock News: July 8, 2021 • Thriving, Lithium, Mineshafts
Numlock News: July 8, 2021 • Thriving…
Numlock News: July 8, 2021 • Thriving, Lithium, Mineshafts
By Walt Hickey Corridors Large animals cause 20 crashes a day on California’s state highways, amounting to about 7,000 collisions per year. Animals just want to cross the road, but lack an opportunity to do so safely; deliberately building bridges and underpasses for animals to traverse freeways reduces the number of collisions. Utah saw a 98.5 percent decrease in deer mortalities after two new underpasses were installed along migratory routes, and Colorado saw vehicle collisions drop 89 percent after two bridges for mule deer and elk went up across a highway. California seeks to follow that model, funding