Study Identifies Six Stretches of Highway Where Wildlife Need Help
An organization working to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions on Aspen-area highways has identified six stretches of road where mitigation is most needed.
Roaring Fork Safe Passages identified five corridors on Highway 82 and one on Highway 133 where it believes projects are needed to reduce collisions and aid in wildlife migration.
Group Works to Reduce Collisions With Wildlife
As fall slides toward winter and deer and elk wander down from the high country, a new organization is racing to complete studies that it hopes will eventually lead to action to reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife and preserve important habitat connections in the Roaring Fork and Crystal valleys.
Safe Crossings a Worthy Cause
Hats off to Cecily DeAngelo for spearheading the effort to create protected ways for wildlife to cross Highway 82 (Roaring Fork Safe Passages). While there’s plenty of will in this community, it will take grit, energy, time and determination to thread the separate federal, state and local entities together to see this endeavor through.
Roaring Fork Safe Passages Aims to Protect Wildlife and Connect High Quality Habitats
Cecily DeAngelo was driving on Highway 82 when she happened to be behind a car that hit a stag.
“It was really distressing and hard to watch,” she said. “It hit me hard.”
This incident, combined with her passion for wildlife and the realization that vehicle-wildlife collisions are solvable problems, led her to create Roaring Fork Safe Passages, a non-profit dedicated to reducing these along Highway 82.
Effort Underway to Create Safe Passages for Wildlife Across Highway 82
A new citizens’ advocacy organization that aims to reduce wildlife and vehicle collisions in the Roaring Fork Valley has started fundraising to get the effort rolling.