News and Updates
Articles and News that feature the Wildlife Connectivity Institute and its Founder Dr. Patricia Cramer
The Wildlife Society and with Dr. Cramer Present a Webinar on Providing Wildlife Connectivity Across Roads in the U.S. in 2026
Dr. Cramer presented the history, science, and future of wildlife connectivity and transportation. The webinar also included interactive surveys by the 580+ participants on their professions and what they were interested in. The pdf contains many links to the reports and guides Dr. Cramer presented.
January 2026
The Wildlife Society Podcast Interview with Dr. Cramer
Dr. Cramer and another guest were interviewed by the Wildlife Society to talk about history, politics, and the science behind wildlife crossing structures and wildlife connectivity.
January 2026
The Advocates Wildlife Crossing News Story
The Advocates is a National News Story online program. They did a story on wildlife crossings that Dr. Cramer helped develop and interviewed for.
Fall 2025
September 2025
The Wildlife Society’s Transportation Ecology Working Group
There is a new working group that focuses on wildlife and roads and we are sharing solutions that enable wildlife to thrive alongside the transportation world. We will be at the Annual Wildlife Society Meeting in Edmonton, British Columbia, Canada in October.
July 2025
‘LA’s loneliest bachelor’: how a mateless Hollywood puma inspired the world’s largest wildlife bridge
by Miranda Green
This BBC article looks at the Los Angeles wildlife overpass being built and the importance of wildlife crossing structures. Dr. Cramer worked with the journalist and is quoted.
May 2025
Wildlife Crossings Program Reduces Crashes and Saves Lives
This article is from The Wildlife Society and focuses on making the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program a permenant part of future Transportation Acts. Dr. Cramer gives ideas.
May 2025
Eyes Blind and Do Not Yet See
This article is written by my friend Kris Ellingsen. She talks about the idea of marking where wildlife are killed on roads as a way for us to better “see” and understand the problem of our vehicles killing wildlife. She also writes eloquently about the where and how the wild world is impacted by humans.
April 2025
A Primer on Wildlife Crossings
This article from Pew Trust gives the basics about wildlife crossings. Dr. Cramer was interviewed for this and provides context.
April 2025
A Webinar on Wildlife Crossing Structures with Dr. Cramer and Contech
This one-hour webinar demonstrates why we need wildlife crossing structures, how they work for various large mammal species, and the design considerations engineers need to consider. This is a free webinar post, you just need to register to access it.
March 2025
New York Times Article on how Wildlife Crossings are Helping Wildlife in Colorado
We worked with NY Times Journalist Catrin Einhorn to develop this story on wildlife crossings in Colorado, with pictures of the structures we study at Chimney Rock, and our past work on State Highway 9.
January 2025
A Presentation by Dr. Cramer at the Corridors, Connectivity, and Crossings Conference in Palm Springs, CA
Dr. Cramer spoke about what we’ve learned about how to get more wildlife crossings built.
December 2024
Dr. Cramer Interview with the Non-Profit, North Carolina Wildlife Corridor
This North Carolina non-profit asked Dr. Cramer questions about wildlife connectivity and wildlife crossings. The website interview presents a good understanding of her approach to conservation.
November 2024
Evaluating and Elevating the Role of Wildlife and Road Crossings in Climate Adaptation
An open source journal article on being proactive in predicting where wildlife need to move under future climate scenarios, and locating wildlife crossing structures in those areas most important. Dr. Cramer was a co-author.
August 2024
How do you Protect Wildlife from Sprawl?
An article by Ben Goldfarb
This story documents the Utah city, Eagle Mountain’s efforts to plan for a mule deer corridor in a quickly developing community. Dr. Cramer is quoted about the harsh realities of Western wildlife and sprawl.
August 2024
Entangled
A story by Ben Goldfarb
Dr. Cramer was quoted on the problem of fences and their use to guide wildlife to wildlife crossings.
June 2024
Wildlife Connectivity Institute Wins the 2024 Federal Highways Environmental Excellence Award for Research
Dr. Cramer and her team of A-List transportation ecologists won this award for our work on the Nevada Pooled Fund Study on incorporating wildlife into transportation processes.
April 2024
Earth Day Success Story: Wildlife Crossings Keep Animals and People Safe
Newsweek
by Jeff Young
View and read stories Dr. Cramer tells about wildlife using wildlife crossing structures, and the hope for the future.
March 2024
As Idaho Celebrates its First Overpass, Some Worry the State is Trailing
Boise Public Radio
by Rachel Cohen
Listen to the various viewpoints on how Idaho is slow to embrace wildlife crossings, with quotes by Dr. Cramer.
March 2024
Read the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Bugle article on Dr. Cramer, in their Friends in the Field column.
View a Video of Colorado’s US 160 Chimney Rock Wildlife Overpass Working for Elk from our research cameras
September 2023
Crossings How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Listen to an interview the NPR Program Fresh Air with Terry Gross conducted with Ben Goldfarb.
The International Conference on Ecology and Transportation
Dr. Cramer presented a talk on How Wildlife Are Incorporated into Transportation Planning
June 2023
In the Park Record, Park City, Utah
Save People Save Wildlife advocates for crossing structures amid high collision rate
By Toria Barnhart, July 2023
May 2023
Corridors, Connectivity, and Crossings Conference
Integrating Wildlife Mitigation into Transportation Procedures
By Dr. Patricia Cramer
An invited talk to this Tucson, Arizona Conference sponsored by Pew Charitable Trust
February 2023
In New Scientist
By Loise Parshley
What a Meandering Moose Says About US Wildlife Protection Efforts
This article focuses on wildlife crossing structures across western U.S. and how they are facilitating new wildlife movement. Dr. Cramer is featured.
January/February 2023
Integrating Wildlife Connectivity and Safety Concerns into Transportation Planning and Processes
In Public Roads by the Federal Highway Administration
By Daniel Buford, Patricia Cramer, and Nova Simpson
The Nevada Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration led a team of a dozen transportation agencies in a multi-study project to find ways to integrate wildlife concerns into transportation. This article highlights lessons learned and presents case studies. Dr. Cramer led the featured study.
January 2023
Montana Wildlife Crossings
Montana PBS TV
This news story focuses on Montana’s wildlife crossing structures and how there is a need for more to be built and efforts toward that need. Our pictures are featured in this story.
September 2022
Wildlife Crossings Seek to Reconnect the American West
In the Stanford University Press, & the West Publication
By Felicity Barringer
This article traces the development of wildlife crossing structures across western U.S. and has an interactive Google Earth map of known wildlife crossing structures as of 2017. Dr. Cramer helped with the writing of the article.
September 2022
A Manual to Include Wildlife Considerations in the Transportation Planning Process
The Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Environmental Analysis and Ecology (AEP70) Summer 2022 Newsletter
An article written by Dr. Cramer for the Transportation Research Board audience on how her team researched and wrote a national manual on including wildlife in the transportation planning process.
Helping Wildlife Move: One Researcher’s Journey Studying and Promoting Wildlife Crossings in the U.S.
The Mountain Lion Foundation
An interview with Dr. Cramer on her life journey that led to helping protect wildlife and restore connectivity with wildlife crossing structures.
February 2022
A Road Runs Through It
Montana Free Press
by Amanda Eggert
This article looks at wildlife crossing building in Montana and compares efforts with Wyoming.
January 2022
Animals need infrastructure, too
Vox
by Ben Goldfarb
This article looks at the funding for the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law of 2021, and the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.
November 2021
How Do Animals Safely Cross a Highways? Take a Look
New York Times
by Catrin Einhorn
This interactive article on wildlife crossing structures is one of the best ever written and arranged, with videos and pictures throughout.
May 2021
Interview with Dr. Cramer on Wildlife Crossing Structures
KGVM Radio - Bozeman - Wilderness and Wildlife Program
Interview by Jay Shell
The interview serves as a good primer to why wildlife crossings and the state of the science and practice.
December 2019