Brigid Mander News Today

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Friday to require Caltrans to integrate wildlife corridors into its plans as roads are built around the state. Collisions between drivers and wildlife are rampant - with 44,000 reported between 2016 and 2020, and likely many more that go unreported, causing injuries, deaths and property damage. ...

Pennsylvania has a strong commitment to urban agriculture and community gardening, and some groups in the state are working to get more colorful native plants into local gardens. Victoria Miles-Chambliss, secretary/treasurer of Empowered Community Development Corporation, said one way they are addressing food insecurity is by planting produce at the Cecil Street Community Garden in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Attracting critical pollinators is one of the goals, in addition to boosting a garden...

Some 18 recent graduates of an urban pollinator habitat-restoration program in Boulder got grants from the Endangered Species Coalition to put more native flowering plants in the ground. Colorados native pollinators can only travel a few hundred feet before they need to find a place to land and refuel - with water, nectar and pollen. City of Boulder urban biodiversity program founder and Cool Boulder lead Andrea Montoya said graduates also are trained to convince their friends and neighbors ...

More than 300 elk, deer, moose and other large animals are hit and killed on Teton County Roads each year. Wildlife Highways in Teton County is a new audio listening tour which was recently launched to alert drivers to the risks of collisions. The app taps data collected by scientists, who have been tracking wildlife using GPS collars to identify where wildlife cross roads and highways. ...

Snow King might as well be “Trump Mountain,” Shane Rothman opined from the peak’s summit last week. As the Bridger-Teton National Forest vetted its plans for Snow King’s future, he contended, the concerns of experts like Forest Service retiree Susan Marsh and longtime ski patroller Rod Newcomb were brushed aside while a private company’s desires were essentially rubber stamped instead. “So many knowledgeable people in their fields … have basically been ignored...