Providing safe passage for urban wildlife
by Oregon Metro Regional Government
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:
Attached document published August 2009
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Sustaining Wildlife With Recreation on Public Lands
posted Nov 25, 2023
Humans and wildlife interact in multifaceted ways on public lands with both positive and negative outcomes for each group. When managed well, wildlife-based tourism and other forms of recreation can benefit conservation goals.
Environmental Impacts of Winter Recreation
posted Nov 25, 2023
Regardless of our intentions, many species perceive humans as a threat and respond accordingly. In general, animals respond to threats by first increasing vigilance (time spent looking around versus foraging), and running away if the threat is perceived to be imminent.
posted Nov 24, 2023
Winter recreation is a rapidly growing activity, and advances in technology make it possible for increasing numbers of people to access remote backcountry terrain. Increased winter recreation may lead to more frequent conflict between recreationists, as well as greater potential disturbance to wildlife.
Guidelines for Managing and Restoring Natural Plant Communities along Trails and Waterways
posted Sep 18, 2023
These guidelines are designed to assist resource managers in conducting management activities that enhance the quality of natural plant communities, wildlife habitat, regional landscape integrity and visual quality, particularly as related to planning, development, and maintenance of trails, water trails, and water access sites.
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