Roaring Fork Safe Passages is addressing the Western Slope’s wildlife-vehicle collision problem

Over 7,000 animals were killed in wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads last year. Most of those happened on the Western Slope.

One local nonprofit — Roaring Fork Safe Passages — is trying to make Highway 82 safer by gathering funding to build five crossings from Carbondale to Aspen.

Cecily DeAngelo is the Executive Director at Roaring Fork Safe Passages, and spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Regan Mertz about what inspired the wildlife collision mitigation work being done in our valley.