The Great bustard (Otis tarda) is a slow, heavy-flying bird.
Roads present a significant risk of collision for this species as it moves between feeding grounds and courtship leks.
Extremadura, Spain. #RoadEcology

Our article “Introducing #EuropeanBison in Iberia: Road safety concerns” is now online in @conservationsp.bsky.social: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... CSP’s Early View also features an interesting exchange on this topic: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854... #RoadEcology

Wildlife road crossings: a mechanistic trait- and landscape-based model The expanding global road network creates growing challenges for wildlife due to habitat fragmentation, forcing frequent road crossings during their m…

Our new #research provides a mechanistic understanding of how #species traits & #landscape features drive #wildlife road crossings. Landscape structure & #animal perception shape where crossings concentrate — key info for #RoadEcology planning & policy!
🧪🦤🌎🐾
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests - Inside Climate News Opponents of the move say the Trump administration’s push to rescind the Roadless Rule is a giveaway to the timber industry that ignores science and will make wildfires worse.

“The more people you put in the woods, the more fires you’re most likely going to have.”

Terrific @insideclimatenews.org story on new study refuting the Trump Admin’s claim that rescinding Roadless Rule will reduce fire risk in national deforests. #roadecology

insideclimatenews.org/news/2403202...

It’s ya boy with his first (and presumably last) Pixar credit. Huge thanks to the HOPPERS team for consulting me on a film that combines beavers and #roadecology, and glad they learned from the best in @emilyfairfax.bsky.social. Can’t wait to see this 🦫 cinematic masterpiece in a theater!

From Banff's proven network of crossings to new projects along Highway 3 through the Rockies, wildlife bridges and fencing are connecting animals across the Yellowstone to Yukon region. Planet Wild's Mission 36 takes you inside this ambitious effort to save both animal and human lives

#RoadEcology

Did you know there’s spatial data on road curvature? 🛣️
It can help assess how curves influence wildlife–vehicle collisions.
Explore @ecoinfra.bsky.social website (link on bio)🌍— where we compile open spatial data for modelling and smarter mitigation.

#WildlifeCrossing #RoadEcology #OpenData

Our upcoming book #RoadEcology: Synthesis and Perspectives has been included in @springernature.com’s Fascinating Life Sciences book series. More information here: link.springer.com/book/9783032... @ebdonana.bsky.social

Road Ecology This book is the first to comprehensively present both the current state of knowledge and future directions in the emerging discipline of Road Ecology.

#RoadEcology #Ecology

Crushing little #roadecology moment in Tom McGuane’s “Ninety-Two in the Shade.”

Temporal variation in hotspots and the effects of climate and landscape on wildlife roadkill along the BR-319: conservation challenges in a high-biodiversity area in the Amazon Roads greatly impact wildlife, with roadkill posing a major threat to many species. In the Amazon, highways cut through biodiversity-rich ecosystems, exposing mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians ...

🛣️What shapes #wildlife roadkill along the BR-319 highway (Manaus ↔ Porto Velho)?
New study shows temporal variations in #climate and surrounding landscape significantly influence roadkill rates.

👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

#roadecology #ecology

@ufrgs.br

Good News for Coyote Valley Wildlife - Protect Coyote Valley Coyote Valley is a critical wildlife corridor for species to migrate between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range. That’s why we’re encouraged by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authori...

Good news, SF Bay Area: Big steps forward for a wildlife crossing in #CoyoteValley at U.S. Highway 101 at Monterey Road | #RoadEcology 🌎

protectcoyotevalley.org/good-news-fo...

Our manuscript “Introducing #EuropeanBison in Iberia: #RoadSafety concerns” has been accepted for publication in @conservationsp.bsky.social, addressing key challenges at the interface between #rewilding and transportation. @ebdonana.bsky.social @chikichanka.bsky.social #RoadEcology

Huge #roadecology news this week, as Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced a bill that authorizes $200m for USDOT’s Wildlife Crossings Program thru 2031. Heinrich is a staunch champion for connectivity and I hope he & staff have the resources they—wait, what’s that on his table? Enhance… enhance… enhance…

Huge thanks to @thewaroncars.bsky.social legends @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social for hooking me up with a copy of their masterpiece, hot off the presses! Can’t wait to dig into their expansive, optimistic vision of our auto-free future. #roadecology

Salmon Rebound After Tribes Fight for Culvert Upgrades - Magic Canoe An unprecedented project to reconnect fish migration routes in western Washington State is showing exciting signs of ecological and cultural benefits.

“Retrofitting something as seemingly mundane as a culvert can have vast ecological & cultural ramifications.”

@seattlebryn.bsky.social speaking my language!

Also note improved fish passage preventing wildlife collisions. Better culverts work for all. #roadecology

magiccanoe.org/salmon-rebou...

Ben Goldfarb: How America’s roads alter our ecology Podcast Episode · The Wild with Chris Morgan · 06/04/2024 · 42m

Roads should be taken into consideration when building. 1 million animals fall victim to road kill a day...not a yr, or a wk… 1 MILLION ANIMALS LOSE THEIR LIVES A DAY IN THE USA BC OF ROADS. #roadecology #wildlife #nature #roads #highways #endangeredanimals
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Bipartisan Wildlife Crossing Legislation Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — Wildlands Network - Biodiversity Conservation + Wildlife Crossings As champions of the nationwide effort to make our roads safer for wildlife and people, Representatives Don Beyer from Virginia and Ryan Zinke from Montana came together on the Hill today to intro...

Here's a bill that would extend the federal Wildlife Crossings Program through 2031 and raise its funding to $200 million per year. Great legislation that deserves to pass. Cosponsor is Ryan Zinke... guess you really do have to hand it to him?! #roadecology

www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...

Osburn’s bridge to nowhere becomes a lifeline for Silver Valley’s elk - High Country News Idaho’s newest wildlife crossing didn’t need to be built. It already existed near Coeur d’Alene.

Wildlife crossings are a valuable tool in efforts to mitigate a small portion of the harm caused by roads, but they're also an expensive undertaking. That's why I love this story out of Idaho of one man who saw life-saving potential in an abandoned bridge: www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
#RoadEcology

Constrained by character limits, so let me know who I omitted! And as always… someone should really write a critically-acclaimed book about this stuff. #roadecology

Why the death of this snake named Gordo is 'devastating' to the Massasauga rattler population | CBC News 'Gordo' was a special Massasauga rattler specimen. He was found crushed on Matchett Road. The snake had been brought to Windsor-Essex and was being tracked in hopes it would bolster the local populati...

Gordo deserved better.

Not because of the status of his species, but as an individual.

We know how to make these areas safer for wildlife, just as we know how to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

But we
just
keep
choosing
cars.

#RoadEcology

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sure why not! Support indies by ordering America’s favorite #roadecology masterpiece through Bookshop and I’ll send ya a free signed bookplate (DM w/ proof of purchase and address). Bezos will be absolutely *furious.*

bookshop.org/p/books/cros...

A road runs through it - The Boston Globe America’s wild lands are already home to vast networks of paved and dirt roads. Now the Trump administration is about to expand their reach.

"Today the consequences of excessive roadbuilding are perfectly foreseeable; it’s the wisdom that remains scarce."

For @bostonglobe.com's Wild Issue, I wrote about Trump's plan to rescind USFS's Roadless Rule, which — spoiler — is a terrible idea. #roadecology

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/o...

Whoa, wildlife crossings got the Nathan Pyle treatment! Honestly, given what we know about the social lives of ungulate herds, the complexity of their spatial memories, and the importance of the lead female in dictating behavior, he’s not too far off. #roadecology

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#roadecology

Last week, our @euerasmusplus.bsky.social student Isotta successfully presented her talk “The impact of land-use change and road traffic on bird communities” at the Italian #Ornithology Congress in #Lecce #ProyectoANTRO #RoadEcology www.lifewatchitaly.eu/wp-content/u...

When radicalization is good, actually. #roadecology

House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness

Begich to caribou: drop dead. #roadecology

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

“Road ecology inverts our oldest joke about animals and transportation: why did the chicken cross the road?…A better question might be, why did the road cross the land?” @bengoldfarb.bsky.social on #roadecology in his book Crossings!!

Have been waiting to see this conservative argument for wildlife crossings — if you want species delisted and returned to state management (in this case presumably grizzly bears), you should want fewer of them killed on highways. #roadecology

dailymontanan.com/2025/08/26/w...