Build Wildlife Crossings in New York State

The Issue

New York State needs to responsibly build wildlife crossings on our parkways and highways asap!

Wildlife overpasses and underpasses are widely used in Europe and are a proven solution to the unacceptable and unnecessary problem of roadkill. As climate change forces animals to migrate, their need to cross roads will only increase and it's high time we adopt this common sense method of saving lives and reconnecting habitats. New York drivers kill over 65,000 deer annually. Please watch the video to learn more. 

"The U.S. spends $8 billion a year running over wildlife. If we took that cost and quartered it, we could build 200 animal crossings a year, and the problem of roadkill would disappear within a generation." Ted Zoli, Bridge Engineer and Macarther Fellow

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The Issue

New York State needs to responsibly build wildlife crossings on our parkways and highways asap!

Wildlife overpasses and underpasses are widely used in Europe and are a proven solution to the unacceptable and unnecessary problem of roadkill. As climate change forces animals to migrate, their need to cross roads will only increase and it's high time we adopt this common sense method of saving lives and reconnecting habitats. New York drivers kill over 65,000 deer annually. Please watch the video to learn more. 

"The U.S. spends $8 billion a year running over wildlife. If we took that cost and quartered it, we could build 200 animal crossings a year, and the problem of roadkill would disappear within a generation." Ted Zoli, Bridge Engineer and Macarther Fellow

The Decision Makers

Carl E. Heastie
Carl E. Heastie
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
GOVERNOR HOCHUL
GOVERNOR HOCHUL
Governor of NY State
Marie Therese Dominguez
Marie Therese Dominguez
Commissioner, NYS Dept of Transportation

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Petition created on August 5, 2017