“One of the main reasons why employees use the rideshare program is because they don’t want to hit wildlife. Employees who drive themselves have all hit wildlife. ”

— Bret De Young, Yellowstone National Park

50%

of all reported highway accidents on US 89 between Livingston and Gardiner involve wildlife

compared to 5% nationwide and 10% statewide.

Between 2012 and 2023,

1,685 animals

were documented to have been killed by vehicles.
these losses amount to

$32 million

in personal injury and property damage.

This number increases to $72 million if the intrinsic value of wildlife — which considers the ability of a species to remain on the landscape — is included.

Residents, commuters, and visitors depend on this road, yet more traffic is a problem for wildlife.

Wildlife are sensitive to traffic, losing road crossing opportunities as traffic levels increase. Linear infrastructure, such as roads, railways, and transmission lines, is considered one of the most direct threats to ecological connectivity. Roads can create barriers to wildlife movement, limiting the ability of wildlife to find water, food, and mates, and can sever routes used by wildlife to migrate seasonally between winter and summer ranges.

50%