Elk Highway in Banff

[dawn2dusk]

If You Build It They Will Come...





This is the actual turnoff from Banff, Alberta, Canada to the #1 highway to Calgary.

Great picture isn't it? They had to build the animals (especially the elk) their own crossing because

that was where the natural crossing was and after the highway was built there were far too many

accidents. I understand it didn't take the animals long to learn that this was their "road. "
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/untitled.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4679)

[Kevin21]

I got that in an email without and explaination on what it was...thats cool

[one-shot-wonder]

Has anybody seen animals using the wildlife overpass on the Brenda mine's hill on Hwy 97C I haven't seen or heard of any evidence of there use, but this is good confirmation that migratory animals are using them when needed.

In the Transportation Engineering field we like to refer to them not as wildlife overpasses but as predator buffets......:lol: I have heard of coyotes/wolves using these as a funnel to pick off easy prey; however that is only hearsay.:???:

[sawmill]

Bears won`t use them for some reason,they still get nailed trying to cross the road at night.