Banff National Park of Canada

Park Management

Banff Wildlife Crossings:
Student Art Contest Winners 2008!

The 2007-08 school season marked another successful year for the Banff Wildlife Crossings Project presentations. Over 2000 students in the Bow Valley and Calgary area participated in the interactive presentations. This year, students were invited to take part in “A World of Wildlife Crossings” art and writing contest. They were asked to illustrate and describe wildlife crossings found around the world. We received many outstanding entries, making it difficult to choose the winners from such a range of talented students.

But we did it! And now you can view their inspiring work.
The Banff Wildlife Crossings Project would like to congratulate all of the students who participated in “A World of Wildlife Crossings” art and writing contest. Your work is inspiring!

Entries were received from grade 4 and kindergarten students. We divided the categories by species and awarded the most creative and accurate entries.

And the winners are:

Hayley Bischoff
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Massachusetts salamanders cross the road all together once every year to lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch they have to cross the road again! That’s why they put underpasses under the road so they don’t get run over.

Roche Lynx
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Salamander Tunnels in New England. Build more salamander tunnels, and make sure the little critters use them!!!

Naila Evans-Guité
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Salamanders live in Massachusetts and they need underpasses to cross the busy road, you can help them by making more underpasses for these little creatures!

Tillie Heighington
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

This is an underpass for mountain goats. It is in Montana.

Kennedy Howatt
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

The Green tree frog!
Did you know that the Green tree frog is one of the most frequently killed animals in the U.S.A.? But the underpasses help prevent that.

Madison Massaro
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Somewhere today a Tortoise goes under a tunnel to cross safely. Somewhere today a life is saved. In Utah.

Aimee Watts
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Thanks to the underpasses for tortoises in California, tortoises have been able to cross under the busy highways safely! Tortoises have been caught moving very slowly across the underpass, it took one of them 7 hours! By: Tommy Tortoise

Emma Brissenden
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

There are underpasses for tortoises in California. It can take seven hours for it to cross.

Julie-Ann Neilsen
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

Don’t Pollute the Water, Slow Some Culverts Down, You Can Help By Making More Underpasses So Us Fish Can Survive.

Triesta Holliday
Elizabeth Rummel School, Canmore, AB
Grade 4

In Washington, there used to be fish barriers along the highway. Then they were removed because the salmon couldn’t move through the rushing water. Now since salmon can jump they made a tunnel, so salmon jump in steps with calm water coming down. Then they jump into the tunnel and swim to the other side.

Keegan
Millarville Community School, Millarville, AB
Grade 4

This crossing is in Ireland. It is built for Red Squirrels and Pine Martens. Animals that use this crossing – squirrels and pine martens.

Barry
Kindergarten

The coyote is looking at the sun and is going to cross on the overpass.

Teagan
Kindergarten

My wolf crossed with the underpass.

Colton
Millarville Community School, Millarville, AB
Grade 4

This crossing is in the Netherlands and is built for Badgers. Red foxes, Hedgehogs and Rabbits use the crossing.