Protect Wildlife With Safe Crossings
Imagine having this commute. Every day, over 1 million animals are struck and killed by vehicles on U.S. roads alone. That’s 365 million lives lost each year.
Together, we can save lives — both human and animal — by building wildlife crossings in critical hotspots across North America. Here’s how.
Wildlife crossings can reduce collisions by over 90%.
From highway overpasses planted with native vegetation to culverts under a country road, wildlife crossings give black bears, deer, panthers, wolves, turtles, and frogs a safe path to food, water, and mates, while protecting drivers from collisions that bring heartbreak, hospital bills, and other economic hardships. Americans spend $10 billion annually repairing the damage, while lives are lost forever.
Imagine a future where wildlife can move freely and thrive — where highways hum with life above and below, reconnecting ecosystems for generations to come.
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Wildlands Network is advancing wildlife crossings to allow wildlife to roam and thrive across the continent.
Over the next five years, we are working to:
Support construction of 25 new wildlife crossings across North America by 2030
Unlock $1 billion in public funding allocated to new wildlife crossings
OUR APPROACH
Advance Science
Collect and analyze data about wildlife-vehicle collisions, animal movement near roads, and habitat connectivity to inform how and where to build effective wildlife crossings.
Catalyze Collaboration
Foster strategic partnerships and actively seek opportunities to include wildlife-friendly solutions in community planning and development initiatives.
Drive Political Change
Shape transportation policy and funding at the state and federal levels to better protect wildlife, giving safe passage to all while saving people money.
Donate today to make roads safer for wildlife and drivers.
Together, we can build a world where humans and animals peacefully coexist.
Our roads are separating wildlife families and populations, blocking ancient migration routes, and driving species toward extinction. But we know the solution — and it’s already working.
Wildlife crossings like these make roads safer for wildlife and drivers. Now we just need more of them.
A bobcat uses an underpass to safely cross near Gorges State Park, NC. Wide-ranging animals like bobcats, bears, and mountain lions can travel over 100 miles in search of food, water, or new territory—and roads put them at risk.
We’re a small team with a big impact and an even bigger vision.
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To Make Roads Safer for Wildlife and You, We Need Your Help
Reconnecting wildlife passage over our continent’s 5 million miles of roads is a major undertaking. And we can’t do it without your support.
To strengthen wildlife crossing infrastructure and habitat connectivity projects, Wildlands Network has influenced 26 pieces of state legislation and helped secure over $98 million in state and $350 million in federal funding. But we’re just getting started.
Building wildlife crossings requires critical research, public policy, large-scale partnerships, and catalyst funding to apply for larger federal grants.
Your donation can directly fund:
Saving lives: Building safer roads for wildlife and drivers
Restoring habitats: Keeping migration routes open and ecosystems healthy
Creating sustainable infrastructure: Designing highways using road ecology best practices
Our Campaigns
North Carolina
Home of the red wolf, one of the world’s rarest species
California
Where rebounding mountain lion and elk populations show rewilding in action
Shaping state policy
25 years of connectivity legislation changing national infrastructure
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Photo credits in order: Ashwin Narayanan, Pathways for Wildlife, Pathways for Wildlife, Senator Alex Padilla Office, Tim Noviello, Pathways for Wildlife, Senator Alex Padilla Office, Wildlands Network, Wildlands Network, Wildlands Network, Adobe Stock, Adobe Stock, Cassia Rivera, Pathways for Wildlife, Virginia Department of Transportation
