Element 2: How to Reduce Habitat Fragmentation

Habitat Fragmentation is an issue that has received little attention in the environmental movement. With the continued installation of highways throughout the world there has been an increase in the amount of animal collisions. It not only affects the animal species that get hit trying to cross the road, but also the driver and passengers of the car driving on the highway. Luckily there are projects around the globe that have been trying to address this very issue. One of the main designs is constructing underpasses and overpasses along a highway.

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Deer Collision in North Dakota

(Photo credit: Mr. Chitlin)

Example of a Highway Overpass

(Photo credit: Orion Jones