Science Pub: Highways and Wildlife Crossings

Corrine Dombrowski will explore how highways can disconnect wildlife—deer, elk, badgers, bobcats and more—from food sources and habitats. She’ll also discuss how, as human development expands, many animals increasingly need assistance to cross busy highways. Additionally, she will highlight the success rate of Oregon’s large mammal crossing structures and introduce research that prioritizes locations for future crossings throughout the state. Dombrowski is a wildlife biologist and research analyst in the OSU-Cascades Human and Ecosystem and Resilience Lab