Lab 5 - Lab 5 1 Highway departments at all levels need to...

Lab 5
1. Highway departments at all levels need to address wildlife habitat connectivity as
major highway planning and ecological issues. Land management and wildlife
agencies must also take responsibility to ensure that highway projects within their
jurisdiction receive state-of-the-art coordination and mitigation. There have been
major positive steps forward since the publication of this paper five years ago.
2. Carnivores are particularly vulnerable to highway habitat fragmentation because
of the large spatial requirements of individuals and populations. Highways are
habitat issues that need to be addressed by land management, wildlife
management and highway departments at all levels. Highways adversely affect
carnivores by increasing direct and indirect mortality, displacement and avoidance
of habitat near highways, habitat fragmentation, direct habitat loss and habitat loss
due to associated human developments.