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Colorado Officials Credit Wildlife Crossings For Fewer Animal-Related Accidents

NPR
Published February 8, 2018 at 1:45 PM EST
Traffic on Interstate 25 on Oct. 2, 2012 in Denver. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Traffic on Interstate 25 on Oct. 2, 2012 in Denver. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

The Colorado Department of Transportation has found that wildlife crossings are reducing animal-related car crashes by in some cases up to 90 percent.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young learns more from Mark Lawler, biologist with the Colorado Department of Transportation.

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