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Wyoming won the largest grant in the nation, $24 million, in a federal pilot program aiming to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and protect migration corridors. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department estimated 80 deer or antelope are killed by vehicles each year along a section of highway 189 south of Kemmerer. Josh Coursey, CEO and co-founder of the Muley Fanatics Foundation, said it is also a motorist safety issue. .
The Endangered Species Act turns 50 this year, and the World Wildlife Fund credits the measure for significant gains in the black-footed ferret population, among other species thriving under its protection. The black-footed ferret was listed as endangered in 1967, even before the Endangered Species Act became law in 1973 and the ferret was grandfathered in. Kristy Bly, manager of the black-footed ferret restoration program for the World Wildlife Fund, who works in Eureka to restore ferrets in eastern Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming, said the Endangered Species Act is almost completely responsible for gains in the black-footed ferret population, while acknowledging there is still a long way to go. .
“If you truly believe in something, you have to fight for it. We've been fighting through generations; my children have been brought up in this,” said Annelia Hillman, a community activist who’s been advocating for dam removal for 20 years.
A Virginia pilot program aims to reduce wildlife collisions with cars. The program stems from a $350 million federal Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program. Six hundred thousand dollars will be allocated to developing infrastructure to improve road safety - particularly in rural areas with the hope of lowering these collisions. .