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Wildlife Fencing: Design and Guidance Options for Road Safety

Learn about wildlife fencing choices, effectiveness, materials, installation, access points, costs, and maintenance to reduce animal collisions, enhance barrier effect, and manage potential negative effects on migration. Get insights on woven metal wire, chain link, and electric options, installation techniques, access points, construction costs, and maintenance considerations.

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Wildlife Fencing: Design and Guidance Options for Road Safety

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  1. Design and Guidance

  2. What are Your Choices

  3. Wildlife Fencing • Effectivenss • Materials • Installation • Access Points • Costs • Maintenance

  4. Reducing collisions with large & small mammals by keeping animals off roads • Increases the barrier effect • Potential negative effects to Dispersal and Migration

  5. Effectiveness

  6. Type of Materials • Woven metal wire • Chain Link • Electric

  7. Woven Metal Wire

  8. Chain Link Fence

  9. Table 3. Suggested fence height for selected large mammal species. 4

  10. Installation • Dig Barrier • Fence Posts • Attaching Wire Mess • Top Wire

  11. Installation • Location • Length • Adding Crossings • Existing Crossings

  12. Installation / Fence Ends

  13. Escape Opportunities from the Right-of-Way

  14. Access Points Requiring Fence Breaks

  15. Fencing Construction Costs Highway Fencing Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park Can$25 per foot (2006) U.S. Highway 93 ( Montana) $9 to $12 per foot (2006 prices) [ Jump-outs $6,500 to $11,000 Wildlife Guards for Access Roads $30,000

  16. Maintenance

  17. Electric Fencing

  18. Fencing Summary • Several Materials to select from • Need to keep in mind the types of Wildlife • Fencing effectiveness • How it is installed is VERY important • Costs and Maintenance concerns must be recognized

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