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From the Virginia Safe Wildlife Corridors Collaborative

checkout the first vswcc newsletter!

7/7/2022

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The Virginia Safe Wildlife Corridors Collaborative now has a newsletter!

This newsletter will periodically recap recent meetings, summarize recent funding and job opportunities related to habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors, and other related news. 

See the July 2022 newsletter here.
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Happy Pollinator week

6/22/2022

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​June 20-26, 2022 is Pollinator Week!

Pollinators are critical to the health of our ecosystems. Many pollinators rely on open and disturbed habitats, such as roadsides. Threats such as loss of habitat, pesticide exposure, disease, and the introduction of invasive species threaten their existence.  Roads can expose pollinators to many of these threats.
Here are some resources to learn more about roadsides and pollinators:
- VDOT's Pollinator Habitat Program
- US Department of Transportation "Pollinators and Roadsides: Best Management Practices for Managers and Decision Makers" (2015)
- Xerces Society "Pollinators and Roadsides" Invertebrate Conservation Guidelines Document
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Vdot adopts POLICY AND GUIDANCE MANUAL for large animal crash countermeasures

5/17/2022

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Great news for Virginia wildlife! The Virginia Department of Transportation has adopted a new policy and guidance manual that should result in improved habitat connectivity and a decreased risk of wildlife crashes.

These documents provide planners, project managers, and traffic engineers procedures and technical guidance for deciding when and where to consider wildlife-vehicle collision countermeasures in the design of new projects or when evaluating ways to mitigate crashes in existing wildlife crash hot spots.

Click here to view the guidance manual.
This new policy, available here, provides information on the following:
  • How to obtain a more accurate estimate of deer crashes on a road segment.  
  • How to calculate costs for a large animal crash.  
  • The conditions under which large animal crash countermeasures should be considered, including road classification, posted speed, and the number of crashes that indicate a high risk area.  
  • The policy notes that countermeasures can be considered at lower crash thresholds and/or other road systems at the discretion of district staff.
The VSWCC is proud to have partners within VDOT's Virginia Transportation Research Council working to make travel safer for both people and wildlife. 
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  • Home
  • Areas of Focus
    • CONNECTIVITY RESEARCH >
      • Bobcat Movement Ecology
      • Southern Albemarle Mountains
    • WILDLIFE CROSSINGS
    • INFORMING CONSERVATION >
      • Conservation Tools
      • Virginia Legislation for Wildlife Corridors
      • Resources
  • Partner Projects
    • Enhancing Underpasses with Fencing on I-64
    • Citizen Science
    • Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment
  • News
  • Relevant policy and regulations
    • Virginia Legislation and Policies for Wildlife Corridors
    • Federal Wildlife Crossing Legislation
  • Resources
    • Relevant Research
    • Funding Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity
    • Information about Wildlife Corridors
  • Contact