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Alberta Wildlife Watch
Animal-vehicle collision mitigation infrastructure physically separate wildlife from traffic and guides them to safe crossing locations such as watercourse crossings and wildlife underpasses/overpasses. The Alberta Wildlife Watch Program collects and analyzes data on animal-vehicle collisions in order to improve both driver and animal safety, reduce the number of animal collisions, provide information to inform mitigation strategies, and to help evaluate mitigation activities.
Mitigation strategies
The Government of Alberta helps reduce the number of collisions with wildlife by installing animal-vehicle collision mitigation infrastructure such as:
- wildlife exclusion fencing
- wildlife overpasses and underpasses
- enhancing existing bridges to support wildlife passage
- trialing innovative strategies such as animal detection systems
Animal-vehicle collision mitigation infrastructure
Animal-vehicle collision mitigation infrastructure physically separate wildlife from traffic and guides them to safe crossing locations such as watercourse crossings and wildlife underpasses/overpasses. The Alberta Wildlife Watch Program delivers projects to improve driver safety and minimize the impacts of highways on wildlife populations while providing safe passing opportunities.
As part of its work mitigating animal-vehicle collisions (AVC), the Government of Alberta is also working on several highway infrastructure projects including wildlife overpasses, underpasses and fencing to help safely keep animals off highways.
Animal-Vehicle Collision mitigation projects
The Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass on the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Canmore, the first of its kind outside of a national park in Alberta.
The Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass on the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Canmore, the first of its kind outside of a national park in Alberta.
The Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass on the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Canmore, the first of its kind outside of a national park in Alberta.
Elk using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Elk using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Elk using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Elk using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Deer using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Deer using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Deer using the Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass.
Ongoing projects
Highway 1
- Bow River bridge to Banff East Gate wildlife exclusion fencing
- Quaite Valley wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Honourable Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass (complete)
Highway 1A
- Grotto Mountain wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Gap Lake wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Cochrane to Calgary wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
Highway 3
- Rock Creek wildlife underpass and associated wildlife exclusion fencing (complete)
- Island Ridge wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Iron Ridge wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Sulphur Spring wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Limber Pine wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Drum Creek wildlife crossing structure and associated wildlife exclusion fencing
- Oldman Reservoir Bridge wildlife exclusion fencing
- Lundbreck to Cowley wildlife exclusion fencing
- Town of Frank wildlife exclusion fencing
Highway 8
Highway 22
- Animal Detection system trial
Resources
The Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass
Contact
To report an animal carcass on a highway, contact 511 Alberta:
Toll free: 511 (in Alberta)
Call: 1-855-391-9743 (outside Alberta)
Connect with the Environmental Regulation section:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-293-2042
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]
Address:
2nd Floor, Twin Atria building
4999 98 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2X3