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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 6h

Our Linear Infrastructure Ecology Advisor Fernanda Teixeira co-authored a paper on wildlife-vehicle collisions in Argentina. The study looked at the level of threat to mammals in sections of highway in northwestern Argentina.

Read the paper (en español): mn.sarem.org.ar/article/amen...

Amenaza de atropellamientos para los mamíferos medianos y grandes: identificación de tramos críticos en el noroeste argentino

Revista Científica SAREM–SBMz

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 13h

Three members of our staff are in Abu Dhabi for the #IUCNcongress, as we are participating as an official Non-governmental Member of IUCN to help shape global conservation.

Check out some of the events and activities we're hosting and participating in: largelandscapes.org/2025-iucn-wcc/

Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 5d

The Center recently authored a report to help guide local governments in incorporating habitat conservation into land use planning. We are excited to highlight communities like Eagle Mountain, UT, that are successfully conserving habitat connectivity.

eaglemountain.gov/eagle-mounta...

Eagle Mountain highlighted in national report on wildlife habitat connectivity

Eagle Mountain’s efforts to balance growth with wildlife conservation have received national recognition in a newly released report by the Center for Large Landscape Conservation. The document, Integr...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 6d

Outside of Osburn, Idaho, a defunct bridge has become a new wildlife crossing. Fencing was installed to funnel wildlife to the overpass, costing $645,000. The bridge will be removed in the next 10 years but residents hope a new crossing will replace it.

www.hcn.org/articles/for...

Osburn’s bridge to nowhere becomes a lifeline for Silver Valley’s elk - High Country News

Idaho’s newest wildlife crossing didn’t need to be built. It already existed near Coeur d’Alene.

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 7d

Congratulations to the 2025 Catalyst Fund grant awardees! These 18 partnerships from all over the U.S. are working to implement place-based, community-grounded conservation at the landscape scale.

landscapeconservation.org/catalyst-fun...

2025 Catalyst Fund Grant Awards - Network for Landscape Conservation

2025 Catalyst Fund Grant Awards

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 8d

Our Conservation Science Director Dr. Annika Keeley co-authored a new IUCN report that provides practitioners and policymakers with information on the important role of terrestrial and marine Protected and Conserved Areas in climate change mitigation.

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 9d

Each fall, wildlife-vehicle collisions spike due to migrating wildlife descending from high elevations in search of food. This is apparent on U.S. 191 in Montana, where we are working to establish a crossing at the site of frequent collisions with elk.

www.explorebigsky.com/mitigating-w...

Mitigating wildlife-vehicle collisions this fall | Explore Big Sky

By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS CONTRIBUTOR Each fall, as the seasons change, more animals become active. Bears seek extra calories to prepare for hibernation, while elk, deer, moose and bighorn sheep ent...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 9d

A recent study monitored a single road running through the Western Ghats in India for a year to assess roadkill and the environmental parameters affecting it. Understanding animal behavior is important when identifying where to build crossing structures.

india.mongabay.com/2025/09/road...

Roadkill study demonstrates urgent necessity for safeguards

A survey of roadkill in the Nelliyampathy Hills in Kerala recorded 330 individual dead animals from at least 72 species.

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 13d

A new study in Science found that more than 50% of the world’s forests became more fragmented between 2000 and 2020. Connected forests are important for wildlife and ecological processes, allowing for population movement and gene flow.

Read more: news.mongabay.com/2025/09/more...

More than half the world’s forests fragmented in 20 years — but protection works: Study

“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square [386-square-mile] tropical forest … it’s moist and damp [with] rich soil and an overstory. You imagine walking into a 10-meter [33-foot]...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 15d

This summer, Bhuvan Ravindran, a second-year Master in Public Policy student at Harvard's Kennedy School, completed an internship with the Center. We wish him well as he works toward completing his degree and capstone project focused on connectivity.

www.hks.harvard.edu/more/student...

Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 16d

Australia has created a Great Koala National Park in New South Wales. This will be one of the largest national parks in the state, protecting more than 12,000 koalas and old-growth forests that serve as important habitat.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

www.theguardian.com

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 19d

The conference Managing Wildlife in Large Landscapes kicks off on Oct 1! Katie Deuel of @largelandscapes.org will speak on the panel "Navigating Borders: Transboundary Collaboration in Landscape and Wildlife Conservation."

Register for online/in-person: www.uwyo.edu/haub/events/...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 20d

Linear infrastructure like roads is rapidly expanding across the globe. A new publication from @worldwildlife.org and @largelandscapes.org compiles 170+ resources to shortlist 10 best practices essential for supporting communities and biodiversity. Read more: www.worldwildlife.org/publications...

Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 21d

A new study underscores the importance of free-roaming bison in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Researchers looked at the impact of migrating bison herds on Yellowstone’s landscape and found that these large mammals play a key role in the nitrogen cycle.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...

Restoring Bison to Yellowstone Has 'Reawakened' the Ecosystem as the Large Animals Migrate, Study Suggests

An analysis of plant diversity and soil health across the bison migration corridor suggests free-roaming bison lead to more nutrient-rich plants

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 22d

Fernanda Teixeira of @largelandscapes.org visited Costa Rica to support the development of national guidelines to reduce negative road impacts on wildlife. While there, she helped inventory existing mitigation measures like underpasses, canopy bridges, fencing, and bird flight diverters.

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 23d

Across the U.S., species like bobcats and red wolves face challenges presented by roadways that fragment habitat and threaten their recovery. Now, states are building wildlife crossings to reconnect habitat and provide safe passage to wildlife.

environmentamerica.org/articles/how...

How wildlife crossings could help some of America’s most iconic creatures recover

Why the future of Ohio’s bobcats, Pennsylvania’s elk and North Carolina’s red wolves depend on if they can safely cross our roads.

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Restoring Ecosystems @restoring.bsky.social · 28d

Calling all #SciArtSeptember artists & beyond…

What about your art being featured on licence plates in #Montana celebrating wildlife crossings and migration?

@y2y.bsky.social @largelandscapes.org
@lizlagomorph.bsky.social

#GenerationRestoration needs to be visualised & communicated! 🖼️

Help Tell the Story of Montana’s Big Game Migration—Through Art | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and conservation partners launch the Montana Big Game and Wildlife Highway Crossings License Plate Artwork Contest Montana’s big game species—elk, mule deer, moose, pron...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28d

Journalist Ben Goldfarb joins Living on Earth to discuss his book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. He emphasizes the challenges to wildlife that roads present and solutions like well-designed and properly located crossings.

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Living on Earth: Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

The many millions of miles of roads that crisscross our planet block everything from bears to beetles from safely moving through habitats. But new wildlife crossings like overpasses and underpasses ar...

www.loe.org

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 29d

Yesterday, a coalition of 120 state legislators sent a letter to the US Dept. of Transportation asking to prioritize federal programs to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity along roadways in its FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.

www.ncelenviro.org/articles/sta...

State Legislators Call on U.S. Department of Transportation to Prioritize Wildlife Crossings in Upcoming Strategic Plan | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Today, a bipartisan coalition of 120 state legislators from 34 states and territories submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), urging the agency to maintain and strengt...

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · Sep 8

Flora Beverley started the Pollinator Pathways Project in Bristol, England to help pollinators by planting native vegetation. The project immediately became popular and local groups have revamped seven alleyways around the south of the city so far.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens

Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

www.theguardian.com

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · Sep 5

In Oklahoma, residents were reimbursed up to $525 for each 100 square feet of native habitat planted in an effort to ease the migration of monarch butterflies. Thanks to a new grant program, nearly 762,000 square feet of new wildlife habitat was created.

www.oklahoman.com/story/lifest...

Oklahomans turning their yards into havens for monarch butterflies through new grant program

Thanks to the new grant program, nearly 762,000 square feet has been turned into wildlife habitat for monarch butterflies.

www.oklahoman.com

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · Sep 4

Did you know that local governments—cities, towns & counties—have land use authority across nearly 2/3 of land in the U.S.? These communities can play a key role in preserving wildlife habitat connectivity. Check out our new report to learn how!
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · Sep 3

Hummingbirds are starting to make their way south for the winter. Some will spend the winter on Florida's southern coast while the majority will head even farther south to areas of Mexico and Central America, not returning until early May of next year.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

Hummingbirds are starting to leave Wisconsin. Here's what to know about the migration

The tiny birds arrive in the Midwest each spring, before making their way south again as the weather starts to cool.

www.jsonline.com

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SafeNet Project @safenet-eu.bsky.social · Sep 1

We came across #WildlifeConnect, a global initiative working to reconnect habitats with ecological corridors🐾🌍

In EU, they focus on the #Carpathians, combining science, policy and community engagement

More info: wildlifeconnect.org

@wwf.eu @conscorridor.bsky.social @largelandscapes.org @cms.int

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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · Aug 28

Starting on Sept. 1, the lights that illuminate the iconic Gateway Arch at night in St. Louis, MO, will be turned off to help migrating waterfowl find their way safely.

40% of U.S. waterfowl use the Mississippi River corridor during spring and fall migration.

www.ksdk.com/article/news...

Arch to go dark in September to protect migrating waterfowl

40% of the nation’s waterfowl use the Mississippi River corridor during spring and fall migration.

www.ksdk.com

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