Wildlife crossing in Southern Oregon will be first on I-5 between Mexico and Canada

Think Out Loud

Students from Southern Oregon University collected over a million photos and videos of animals attempting to cross Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon. The students were working with SOU professor Karen Mager to try to understand the best place to put a wildlife crossing to facilitate passage for wildlife in an area well-known for vehicle-animal collisions. The federal government recently announced over $33 million in funding to create an overpass within the Mariposa Preserve of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. It will be the only wildlife crossing over I-5 between Mexico and Canada. Karen Mager joins us to tell us about the project.