Banff National Park of Canada

Park Management

Table of Contents | Introduction | Current Twinning | Highway Fencing & Wildlife Crossings

Highway Fencing and Wildlife Crossings

Education and Outreach

Wildlife Crossings: Student Art and Writing Contest Winners!

Integrating science and education to restore ecological connectivity

Since 1996, the Banff Wildlife Crossings Project has been sharing scientific findings on the effectiveness of the highway wildlife crossings in Banff National Park with transportation professionals, the general public and students.

• Peer-reviewed scientific journal articles
• Graduate student theses studying the effects of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) on the natural resources of Banff National Park
• Multi-day workshops for transportation professionals on highway wildlife mitigations
• Cover photograph on the fourth edition of Essentials of Conservation Biology, a popular college textbook by Richard B. Primack published by Sinauer Associates
• Field trips for professionals and other interested individuals
• Broad media coverage – television, radio and print – including Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet, the New York Times, CBC Radio and TV and many other media outlets
• Colour poster for school and outreach events
• School presentations to over 4600 students since November 2006 . . . and counting!
• Art & writing contests for students
• Survival on the Move CD featuring two audio clips and a short video about wildlife movement across the TCH in Banff National Park
• HD video
• Road Ecology for Youth podcasts, Montana State University
• Award-winning interpretive program featuring TCH twinning and crossings, Lake Louise Campground, 2006 and 2007.
• Presentations at numerous conferences and events
• Exhibits and displays:
• Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta in 2007
• American Museum of Natural History, New York City
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, which reached 19,000+ park visitors and local residents
• Mountain Equipment Co-op, Calgary, Alberta
• Interactive touch screen at the Banff and Lake Louise Visitor Centres featuring video footage of animals using the wildlife crossings
• Banff Mountain Film Festival, Banff, Alberta
• Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer, Alberta
• Blairmore Theatre, Blairmore, Alberta
• Calgary and Canmore Folk Music Festivals, Alberta

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