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Designing Highways for Wildlife Connectivity

Designing Highways for Wildlife Connectivity. Course Introductions

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Designing Highways for Wildlife

Connectivity

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Course Introductions

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What you are Going to Learn

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Module 1Starting at the Beginning

•State/Regional Planning- Data Collection and use- Priority Locations- WVC Hotspots- Habitat Linkage Zones

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Data Collection

- Establish data need- Tools- Challenges (quality and consistency are issues)

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Data Analysis in Planning

Expert CommitteeGIS MapsRapid Assessment

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Using Data to Identify Hot Spots and Habitat Linkage Zones

• Wildlife Vehicle Collisions•Habitat Linkage Zones

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Thinking/Planning beyond the Road

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Take Aways

• Need Good data and expertise early and on-going

• Identification of crossing locations and corridors early