
filed under: wildlife and environment
Providing safe passage for urban wildlife
This guidebook, Achieving Landscape Permeability in an Urban Environment: Wildlife Crossings, providing safe passage for urban wildlife, provides recommendations to enhance the design and effectiveness of transportation planning processes within the context of evolving and complex scientific information and research. Implementing improved transportation planning processes will help to ensure Portland area roadways allow for the greatest possible movement of native fish and wildlife for the conservation of these species, while ensuring the safety of the motoring public. Both enhance the quality of life of Oregonians that value healthy fish and wildlife populations.
This guidebook complements the previous and ongoing work of Metro, including Metro’s Green Streets, Trees for Green Streets, Creating Livable Streets and Green Trails guidebooks as well as the work of others in the Portland
metropolitan area focused on inventorying, characterizing, and connecting important habitats for native fish and wildlife. The guidebook provides information on:
Published August 2009
Fort River Birding and Nature Trail
The Fort River Birding and Nature Trail is a universally accessible trail. It was presented with the 2014 Paul Winske Access Award by the Stavros Center for Independent Living.
Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails
Proper management of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails is one of the most important tasks for trail managers today.
Hiking, mountain biking and equestrian use in natural areas
A recreation ecology literature review
Sustaining Wildlife With Recreation on Public Lands
A Synthesis of Research Findings, Management Practices, and Research Needs