The efforts to map and protect routes for animal survival is gaining ground, with wildlife corridors receiving greater support at the state and federal level. Colorado and New Mexico became the first two states to forge an alliance for interstate wildlife corridors. The governors of both states met in Denver yesterday to urge a national network of corridors to help protect and preserve biodiversity in light of multiple pressures from climate change, energy development, and population growth.
Colorado just passed a transportation bill to designate up to 100 miles of wildlife crossing zones, starting with signage and progressing to wildlife underpasses and overpasses. The federal America’s Great Outdoors Initiative has provisions for corridors as does the climate legislation released on Tuesday.
