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Too many deleted Duramaxes flying down the road!
This is a MAJOR FACTOR to our declining deer numbers.
It really is unbelievable through there. Never seen so many road kills and it has been all winter.
#utahIs good news allowed here? $11 sounds like a bargain. A pitcher of a pretty good bull in the article.
“The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. will resume construction of wildlife infrastructure this spring on U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 151 near Chimney Rock National Monument and Lake Capote, CDOT announced this week.
Efforts to build a wildlife underpass and overpass began in March, spanning a stretch of highway within a migratory corridor for mule deer and elk about 13 miles west of Pagosa Springs and 37 miles east of Durango.
In early April, crews will focus on the overpass. Concrete forms were set over the highway in fall, and crews will work to complete sidewalls and slopes for animal access.
“Wildlife-vehicle collisions make up more than 60% of crashes in this area,” said CODT Regional Transportation Director Julie Constan. “This $11.3 dollar project is expected to reduce those collisions by at least 80%.”
CDOT has already photographed animals using the underpass.
At the intersection of Colorado 151, crews placed a deer guard, improved turn lanes, extended passing lanes and repaved U.S. 160.”
Deer, elk photographed using new U.S. 160 underpass
The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. will resume construction of wildlife infrastructure this spring on U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 15...www.the-journal.com
That’s a Utard contractor too. They’re some good old boys.
That’s only part of it. Of the half dozen or so deer I’ve hit, all but 1 hit me.If people would look up from their phone while driving they might realize that a deer is about to walk out in front of them while their going 80!
I also have a theory that semi trucks with bull bars don’t attempt to avoid deer they just yell yippee ki yay as they vaporize deer with the cruise control still on
Additionally, there are a lot of deer that are injured that later die out of sight from the road. I've hit 2 deer while only going about 20 miles per hour, but since they didn't do much damage to the car and they left the roadside, I didn't report it. But, on one, I found enough blood, hair and bone fragments on the bumper and grill the next morning to think it didn't survive the night.
Supposedly they try not to use salt in the areas that have been identified as high wildlife activity area. I know they don't used salt on Sanpete County roads.
I know exactly where that is. I have a good friend who is an outfitter & he lives right near there on the Piedra R.Is good news allowed here? $11 sounds like a bargain. A pitcher of a pretty good bull in the article.
“The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. will resume construction of wildlife infrastructure this spring on U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 151 near Chimney Rock National Monument and Lake Capote, CDOT announced this week.
Efforts to build a wildlife underpass and overpass began in March, spanning a stretch of highway within a migratory corridor for mule deer and elk about 13 miles west of Pagosa Springs and 37 miles east of Durango.
In early April, crews will focus on the overpass. Concrete forms were set over the highway in fall, and crews will work to complete sidewalls and slopes for animal access.
“Wildlife-vehicle collisions make up more than 60% of crashes in this area,” said CODT Regional Transportation Director Julie Constan. “This $11.3 dollar project is expected to reduce those collisions by at least 80%.”
CDOT has already photographed animals using the underpass.
At the intersection of Colorado 151, crews placed a deer guard, improved turn lanes, extended passing lanes and repaved U.S. 160.”
Deer, elk photographed using new U.S. 160 underpass
The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. will resume construction of wildlife infrastructure this spring on U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 15...
When I lived at Vallecito Lake in Colo., dodging deer & elk during the winter was considered routine. Both my wife & I had several close calls but never had a direct hit. She had the most encounters because she worked in Durango for two winters. She drove a perilous gauntlet every weekday. I had one buck bang into the right fender of my truck, but there was no damage.That’s only part of it. Of the half dozen or so deer I’ve hit, all but 1 hit me.
One thing that could be done immediately is to mow the damn shoulders so you would at least have a split second to react.
I agree on the truckers. My wife narrowly avoided a rolling semi a couple of weeks ago. Dumb ass going 65 in a snowstorm went right into a herd of elk that had the road completely blocked (my wife was stopping for them). One of the several elk he killed took out the steering and he rolled it into the embankment. Got a ride in the ambulance for his ignorance.
The big flashing signs warning of wildlife on the highway aren’t enough I guess.
Only larger critter I've taken out happened when I was driving some obscure road in western Colo. near the Utah border. I just don't recall where or why I was on it, but It might not have been too far from you.
Wouldn't eastern CO be much closer to KansasOnly larger critter I've taken out happened when I was driving some obscure road in eastern Colo. near the Utah border. I just don't recall where or why I was on it, but It might not have been too far from you.
Anyway, I erased a large bobcat. I stopped & went back, but it was too mangled & bloody to salvage. So I just dragged it off the road.
I was on scene right after a motorcyclist hit a bull elk a mile east of the main gate to Holloman AFB in Alamogordo, NM. Killed them both. What a mess.
I didn't recheck, but I think one needs to get a permit issued here in AZ.
Here in Texas it is not uncommon. Normal practice is notify game warden. Often he will meet you and look at the animal. My experience he will usually ask if you are going to process yourself or have it processed. He will hand you his business card or piece of stationary with his number on it and note that you can provide to the processor since the deer is not tagged.
Interesting thanks. I’ve been fortunate to get several road kill oryx and as you stated the Game Warden had to be called first. Normally here they don’t want to get out of bed and mess with road kill so they pass it on to whomever calls them first.
The exact wording of AZ's law...
According to Covy Jones….pregnancy rate is around 90%
I agree on the help needed on our roadways and corridors, but unfortunately urban spawl is going to continue and saving deer are the last thing on developers agendas.
We cannot even begin to wrap our heads around the highway mortality numbers......not to even mention the lost crop of fawns inside these dead does.
Don’t forget…..deer and elk kill a hell of a lot more people around here than bears and lions do.
Bullshit. Start with cutting off a little foreign aid and putting some Americans back in business here.
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9000 comments……15 opposed. This looks like private funds, but I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who could find the money in the federal budget in 5 minutes.
California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Groundbreaking is set for next month on what's billed as the world's largest wildlife crossing — a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by urban sprawl.
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Yes urban sprawl will continue but I’d like to see Utah be more proactive and be at the front of the pack with addressing this issue. It sounds like we are behind the curve ball.
9000 comments……15 opposed. This looks like private funds, but I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who could find the money in the federal budget in 5 minutes.
California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Groundbreaking is set for next month on what's billed as the world's largest wildlife crossing — a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other animals hemmed in by urban sprawl.
Easy enough - explain that there ain’t no lions without deer. Unfortunately that doesn’t justify the necessity of hunters.
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The death of a prominent citizen caused by a collision involving wildlife would speed up barriers and diversions. The “Government” doesn’t really care about people until something bad happens to one of their own.
I can think of a few high up citizens we could use as a test.
