It's Working! Check out the critters big and small who are using Utah's first wildlife overpass

[hlthe2b]

I love this!

@KUTV2News
"It's working!" Check out the critters big and small who are using Utah's first wildlife overpass to cross Interstate 80.

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[Blue Owl]

1. Yay!

[SheltieLover]

2. Awesome!!!

Ty!

[sprinkleeninow]

3. Dammmit. I'm crying again! 😪

So very touching.
Doing my heart well with an uplift. 💙

[birdographer]

22. My response as well

Not only happy that humans did something good, but that the animals are being saved! Yep, a bit weepy. A great break from all the noise.

[sprinkleeninow]

4. Mooses and friends❣

[grantcart]

17. Moose and squirrel back together again.

[SilasSouleII]

44. Rocky and Bullwinkle

[soldierant]

69. Yes.

[Submariner]

5. Nice wildlife overpass

Utah DWR should have kept the news quiet. Poachers know where to take a buck, bear, or moose and will stake it out for an easy kill, while avoiding wildlife monitoring video cameras.

[NJCher]

67. security cameras

might solve that problem

[Bayard]

6. Amazing variety

So glad to see this!

[Raastan]

7. K + R

[Deuxcents]

8. Taxpayers' money we'll spent

Great idea.. hope we see more of these everywhere 🐾

[DarleenMB]

60. They in Canada and Europe

and have been for decades. I'm thrilled to see they are finally happening here. Wyoming needs LOTS of these!

[OregonBlue]

9. This is so wonderful. Makes my heart soar.

[Karadeniz]

10. So happy for them! Thanks for sharing!

[UpInArms]

11. That is the coolest thing I have learned about in a long time

Thank you for posting

I am so glad those marvelous creatures have a way to make a safe crossing.

[Laffy Kat]

12. So many lives will be saved!

We need more of these in Colorado, too.

[hlthe2b]

13. We sure do. There are apparently approx 30 in CO--only two are overpasses

I still remember seeing the usual migration of elk across 6th Avenue and seeing cars not even slowing down. It upset the hell out of me.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/03/animal-wildlife-crossings/

[ShazzieB]

42. Not slowing down for elk!?

Even if you're a big enough jerk to not care about the animals, that's just crazy. We don't have elk where I live, but we have plenty of white tailed deer, and hitting one of those guys can easily total a car. (Ask me how I know. ) Elk are waayyy bigger than white tails. I can't imagine not driving super cautiously around critters that size. I guess some people are just idiots.

[hlthe2b]

54. 6th Avenue is a bit of misnomer near Golden. A high speed divided highway, but now there is an

elk crossing, though not as elaborate as the one depicted in the OP it does work. Before, there were instances of motor vehicle v elk disasters during their annual migration along foothills up into the mountains.

[Laelth]

14. Least we could do. Enjoy, beasties! n/t

-Laelth

[leighbythesea2]

15. That bobcat

Sharpening his claws on the log is so cool.

[hlthe2b]

16. Yeah.. I loved that too. Quite the scratching "post"

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Looked like it was "kneading" too

[leighbythesea2]

71. That camera

Logged a lot of hours of that thing sitting there.

[BumRushDaShow]

72. Am guessing they were streaming and recorded to

some kind of storage (cloud or NAS).

[niyad]

59. I loved that scene!

[peggysue2]

18. Bravo, Utah

What a great and creative idea. That wildlife overpass will save a lot of lives, animal and human. inadvertently hitting one of those large animals in your car is a likely death sentence.

Again, Bravo.

Caring for our wildlife. What a wild idea!

[Skittles]

19. love that

humans at their finest

[Aussie105]

20. Great to see!

The variety of wildlife is amazing.

Hope there are some underpasses too, for the smaller animals that like to stick close to the ground.

Build more! MORE!

[birdographer]

21. So, SO cool!!

I love this!! So wonderful to see something GOOD out there!! I hope more places do this.

[OnlyLoveEndures]

23. Absolutely Love This

...and could watch it all day. Being a 73-yr-old life-long vegetarian, it warms my heart to see this effort made for these beautiful creatures!

[warmfeet]

24. If that isn't beauty, I have no idea what beauty is.

[Worried2020]

25. I luv the pix at the link in the OP

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[BadgerMom]

26. This is awesome!

The LA area badly needs one or more of these to keep the area cougar population safe.

[catchnrelease]

40. There is one in the works

It's over the 101, out around the Calabasas area. I don't know if they have actually broken ground yet but it's been planned for several years already. The mtn lion freeway deaths have been a big catalyst for getting this approved. And I agree, more than one would be much better.

[BadgerMom]

49. I shared this OP with my daughter after commenting and...

she responded with this! I’m so happy!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/21/los-angeles-wildlife-bridge-mountain-lions

I think it’s at Liberty Canyon, judging by the still photos and video. It’s close to us in Thousand Oaks.

[catchnrelease]

51. That's the one

It seems like it's been approved for ages. I wish they'd get going and get it done.

[spooky3]

27. I liked the bobcat (?) scratching on the wood, just like a house cat! Nt

[ancianita]

28. So cool. Such variety of wildlife! Awesome! Thank you.

It's a fascinating improvement that's stopped so much carnage.

[StarryNite]

29. Beautiful!

[rocktivity]

30. They won't think it's so cool when they put up the toll booths

When a toll was "forced" to be introduced to the George Washington Bridge, it was supposed to be fifty cents and supposed to be temporary.


rocktivity

[sinkingfeeling]

31. I found that calming. Thanks, I needed some hope.

[machoneman]

32. Great! But that bear went right through the STOP sign w/o stopping!

[FuzzyRabbit]

34. Cool idea.

We could use a few of these in Washington state.

[Hiawatha Pete]

35. Cool!

Yes they do work. We started installing them in Canada around 1997.

https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/banffs-famed-wildlife-overpasses-turn-20-world-looks-canada-conservation-inspiration

[wendyb-NC]

36. That's very cool.

A safe way for wildlife to move around their territories and avoid roads and motor vehicles.

[central scrutinizer]

37. They're common in British Columbia

Many are forested

[msongs]

38. predators are happy to get their prey concentrated in one spot nt

[WheelWalker]

41. It won't take long either.

But, it gives prey a chance.

[TexasBushwhacker]

52. Better to be part of the natural scheme of things

to than to be road kill.

[BobTheSubgenius]

39. Does the heart good to see something positive like this.

I seem to remember a story about Canada and the US cooperating to set up a corridor for wolves to travel more easily. Was that a fever dream, or am I going to have to Google it?

NM, I know the answer to that.

[pazzyanne]

43. I loved the pics of marmots using the crossing.

So glad to see these overpasses (and underpasses) are used by the animals. Tax payer money well spent as far as I am concerned.

[Zoonart]

45. Thanks for posting. I really needed to see this.

Just wonderful. I hope many more are built.

[pnwmom]

46. In Washington they've been using overpasses and underpasses for the wildlife.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/animals-getting-overpass-on-i-90/

[Zoonart]

48. Wish they would get hip to this in the Northeast.

[Lucinda]

47. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Kali]

50. bobcat got something

looked almost like one of the squirrels, except it was night.

[TexasBushwhacker]

53. They have crab bridges on Christmas Island

near Australia. Millions of red crabs migrate from the forest to the sea to spawn.

[patricia92243]

55. Thanks for posting this great video. We all need some cheering up these days. :)

[North Shore Chicago]

56. This is so great!

PS. Don't tell that bird he/she doesn't need that bridge. lol

[AllaN01Bear]

57. whenever people build " corridors such as this , they will use it.

seen where wild live corridors have been built and they use it. in some places in austrailia they have rope crossings for the koloa . or other places small tunnels under roads for small wildlife . build it and they will come . more please .

[KS Toronado]

58. I like the fact they covered the bridge in a way which makes it feel like natural terrain.

[Botany]

61. In the Mts of PA a log over a creek

I could swear it looked like a cougar was swimming and hopped over the log

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

62. Moose and squirrel and coyote and bobcat and deer and cougar and bear and and...

Very cool!

[mrsadm]

63. This is fabulous!

I absolutely love it. Had no idea this many creatures would actually use an overpass (albeit one with rocks, logs, and other stuff to make it realistic).

[burrowowl]

65. Nice overpass!

[IcyPeas]

66. but.... why did the bear cross the road?

why did the moose cross the road?
why did the reindeer cross the road?

[SunSeeker]

68. That was worth watching just for that bobcat scratching its claws on that log!

[greblach]

70. Washington as well

We are doing this in Washington as well...