![]() ![]() Forest Service, Forterra and our other coalition partners who’ve supported this effort, including Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, American Rivers, The Summit at Snoqualmie, and many other organizations, business, elected and community leaders! Wildlife undercrossings Two mule deer use a wildlife undercrossing at I-90 near Snoqulamie Pass. Culverts are also being expanded for fish passage and smaller wildlife species.Ī huge thank you to WSDOT, the U.S. Four more crossings are currently under construction, including the first of two planned wildlife overcrossings or “bridges”. Through our I-90 Wildlife Corridor Campaign and the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition ( of which we are the administering organization and fiscal sponsor), and by working with the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), elected officials and our community allies, we’re focusing on making a critical 15-mile stretch of freeway safer for both people and wildlife.įour large wildlife undercrossings are already completed and in use by animals big and small. January 2018: Cascade Crossroads film documents story behind I-90 wildlife crossingsĬonservation Northwest has been a leader in getting wildlife connectivity included in the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project.February 2018: Your support creates safe passage for people and animals.May 2018: Elk using I-90 wildlife crossings this spring. ![]() August 2018: I-90 Wildlife Watch: A Year in Review.September 2018: Bridge over I-90 offers safe passage for wildlife, Crosscut.September 2018: ‘It’s a long time coming’: $6.2 million wildlife bridge over I-90 nears completion, The Seattle Times.September 2018: Critters are already using unfinished animals-only bridge over I-90, KUOW Radio.October 2018: Restoring habitat in the I-90 Wildlife Corridor.December 2018: Washington state builds bridge to keep wildlife off highway, Associated Press.December 2018: New Animal Overpass Is Already Protecting Critters in Washington State, Smithsonian.April 2019: How wildlife bridges over highways make animals-and people-safer, National Geographic.June 2021: Video: I-90 wildlife crossing cameras capture big uptick in animal use near Snoqualmie Pass, The Spokesman Review.June 2021: Fisher photographed on trail camera near I-90 Wildlife Crossings.September 2021: I-90 Wildlife Watch program sunsets after more than a decade collecting motorist reports of animals on the interstate near Snoqualmie Pass.November 2021: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East: Critter Crossings in the Cascades, WSDOT Video.Or watch this short film on our work for wildlife crossings: Or watch WSDOT’s latest video (published in November 2021) about ongoing work! ![]() On many fronts, we’re working to protect, connect and restore habitat in the I-90 corridor! Learn about Cascade Crossroads, a documentary film we produced in 2018 to share the collaborative success story behind the I-90 wildlife crossings. This larger campaign includes our role administering coalitions and other projects including I-90 Wildlife Watch, as well as on-the-ground habitat restoration around the new wildlife crossings through volunteer, staff and contract revegetation work, and wildlife monitoring and snowtracking through our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project to document wildlife movement in this corridor. These two coalitions represent only part of Conservation Northwest’s involvement in this area, which is organized internally under our I-90 Wildlife Corridor Campaign. Since 2000, through The Cascades Conservation Partnership and the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, we’ve led efforts to reconnect Washington’s north and south Cascades by protecting and restoring habitat and establishing safe wildlife crossings under and over I-90. ![]()
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