1,000 Mule Deer Cross Overpass

A path digicam caught 1,000 mule deer utilizing the Idaho 21 overpass close to Boise within the two-minute video under, serving to to stop deer-car collisions. The video is a sped-up compilation of deer crossing the overpass from Oct. 17 to Dec. 18, 2024. Mule deer populations have been in decline resulting from habitat loss from highways and extra, in addition to climate, predation and different elements.

The overpass was accomplished in fall 2023 with the assistance of the Idaho Transportation Division, Idaho Fish and Recreation, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Basis and lots of different companions. In line with Idaho Fish and Recreation, “The overpass protects motorists and 1000’s of deer and elk that cross the freeway every year as they migrate from the mountains all the way down to the Boise foothills throughout fall and return in spring and go so far as the Sawtooth Mountains.”

The overpass is situated only a few miles from a wildlife underpass that has been used for years as a protected passage for the animals there. 

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