Wildlife Fencing Effectiveness in Reducing Crashes in the Western US
Research from a recent past study with data only from Utah identified the benefit-cost for installing wildlife fencing. Wildlife fencing projects are currently justified and determined for potential safety funding using only crash history and assumptions of the crash reduction and benefit of installing wildlife fencing. An expanded-scope research project to include data from other western states (Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nevada) will help quantify the reduction in crashes from installing wildlife fencing, providing a better comparison of safety benefit as compared to other safety projects and providing much better justification for when wildlife fencing installation is a worthy expenditure of safety funds, particularly federal funds that require a positive benefit-cost ratio.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $75,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
268025
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Sponsor Organizations:
Utah Department of Transportation
Research and Innovation Division
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114 -
Managing Organizations:
Utah Department of Transportation
Research and Innovation Division
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114 -
Project Managers:
Jensen, Travis
- Performing Organizations: Salt Lake City, UT United States
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Principal Investigators:
Shea, Scott
- Start Date: 20251007
- Expected Completion Date: 20260531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: Research and Development
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Crash rates; Fences; Highway safety; Wildlife crossings
- Geographic Terms: Western United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01976549
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Utah Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 268025
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 19 2026 8:33AM