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The Oregon Department of Transportation will receive $33 million in federal funding to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southwest Oregon. The crossing, the first of its kind over the highway, will connect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, an ecologically diverse protected area of 114,000 acres south of Ashland that’s bisected by I-5. The monument is home to 300 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, including deer, bear, elk and cougars. ODFW continues to integrate wildlife crossings and fish passage culvert replacements at several locations across the state.
For more information contact Rachel Wheat (Rachel.E.WHEAT@odfw.oregon.gov).
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