Roaring Fork Safe Passages asks for community support tracking wildlife collisions

There are many tools that are used to help wildlife circumvent roadways, including crossings, fencing, guards and jump outs. Leading up to any future brick-and-motor changes, RFSP created a new program collecting data specific to the Valley and Highways 82 and 133. 

With the help of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office — which has seen its fair share of wildlife accidents — the data collection program started on Sept. 22, ahead of the national 2026 Roadside Wildlife Count, which took place from Oct. 2 to 11 and is facilitated by Environment America Research & Policy Center in partnership with Environment Colorado Research & Policy Center, Wild Aware, the Center for Large Landscape Conservation and state partners, including RFSP, according to a press release.