Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Support for the Interagency Agreement between FHWA and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Determination and Finding for Economy Act Order
The purpose of this reimbursable agreement (RA) between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is to provide partial funding for a multi-year interagency effort to identify and help secure landscape-scale highway crossing opportunity areas for multiple wildlife species in the interstate areas of the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho. This movement across highways is necessary as wildlife populations move across the Northern Rockies landscape in response to changes in distribution and abundance of habitats and key foods resulting from climate change. This project uses grizzly bear and black bear movements because of their broad landscape and habitat requirements and because re-linking grizzly populations can also serve the movement needs of many other species.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $250000.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTFH61-10-X-30031
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Osterhues, Marlys
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Performing Organizations:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
University of Montana
University Hall 309
Missoula, MT United States 59812 - Start Date: 20100809
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20130809
- Source Data: RiP Project 29895
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Climate change; Habitat (Ecology); Wildlife crossings
- Uncontrolled Terms: Black bear crossings; Grizzly bears
- Geographic Terms: Idaho; Montana; Rocky Mountains
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01465791
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: DTFH61-10-X-30031
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:05PM