Roads and traffic: effects on ecology and wildlife habitat use, applications for cooperative adaptive management

Product Type: Fact Sheet

Year: 2005

Author(s): Ouren, D.S., and R.D. Watts

Pages: 2

Suggested Citation: Ouren, D.S., and R.D. Watts. 2005. Roads and traffic: effects on ecology and wildlife habitat use, applications for cooperative adaptive management: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3102. 2 p.

Abstract

The land of the United States in dissected by more than 4 million miles of roads that fragment wildlife habitat on both public and private lands. Traffic on these roads causes additional effects. On secondary roads, which provide access to the most natural habitat, the levels, timing, and types of traffic are seldom known. In order to understand the effects of traffic on wildlife, USGS is conducting research cooperatively with the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Colorado Division of Wildlife…