Wildlife fence along highways

[snowhunter]

The couple of hundred kilometers of wildlife fences along highway # 5 Coquihalla, and highway # 97C Connector, are preventing most wildlife form migrating north/south and east/west.

While scouting for new hunting grounds along these two, fenced highways, I have come upon of one of the most massive wintering areas for moose, anywhere in B.C. As the snow melted, the moose have moved back to their summer feeding grounds.

These wildlife fences works very much like a giant "fish traps", that prevents wildlife to continue on their, seasonal and natural migrating trails.

Have there been any impact study of the wildlife ungulates, along these two, fences highways ?

 

[updatelee]

there are animal underpassed and overpasses along that route, wether they use them or not I wouldnt have a clue.

 

[snowhunter]

There is only one overpass along the 97C. During winter I keep looking for track in the snow on that one, and it appears to be very little used.

I think that most of the animal overpasses that have been put in place over highways, is to satify certain political groups. The wildlife ungualtes do'nt seem to have much use for these, often narrow, overpasses. They have to much wider, and tree's growing on them, before they are of any use as an overpass to most animal ?

I also think that I put this debate in a wrong forum. Should have been under "Hunting" ?

 

[Luckyorwhat]

Drive to Banff they have big wide overpasses. The Banff park people could easily answer your question as to how much they're used. I'm kind of curious myself now.


But in Bio class back in highschool we learned that Wolves and coyotes quickly began using fences when they went up to help catch their meals.