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Wildlife Infrastructure Funding Guide:
Funding Opportunities within the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

by R. Callahan, M. Brocki, A. Keil (ARC Solutions, NPCA, Wildlands Network)

June 27, 2024

Authored in partnership by ARC Solutions, National Parks Conservation Association, and Wildlands Network, the Wildlife Infrastructure Funding Guide is designed as a one-stop document detailing federal funding opportunities that can serve to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity. This in-depth guide includes an overview of discretionary and formula allocation program information including eligibility details, selection criteria, set-asides, and other considerations alongside sample grant award descriptions from successful applicants in previous funding cycles.

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Wildlife Infrastructure Funding Guide:
Funding Opportunities within the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Inaugural Round of $110 Million in Wildlife Crossings Pilot Funding Marks Landmark Investment in Solving a $10 Billion Problem

December 5, 2023

Wildlife Crossings Pilot and Wildlife Infrastructure Funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

December 5, 2023

Life Worlds Podcast: Re-Weaving Landscapes

Visualizing Connectivity CoLab – Beyond Safe Passage: Building Bridges for Landscape Connectivity

New Wildlife Crossing Fund Will Raise $500 Million to Combat the Biodiversity and Climate Crisis By Accelerating the Building of Wildlife Crossings Across the World

February 15, 2023

Wildlife Connectivity Gets Historic Funding Influx

October 27, 2022

Wild Ways: A Fifth Ecology for Metropolitan Los Angeles

September 28, 2022

Inside the experimental world of animal infrastructure

Our roads are killing wildlife. The new infrastructure law aims to help

February 14, 2022

For the first time, the U.S. allocates big money for Animal Road Crossings

January 31, 2022

Animals need infrastructure, too

November 15, 2021

Wildlife Crossing Opportunities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

October 29, 2021

Green Infrastructure Toolkit

LA Times: This architect is trying to save cougars from becoming roadkill on California freeways

Connected Conservation Webinar: Improving Roads for People and Wildlife

United States Forest Service Reports Outline Benefits of Wildlife Crossings and Offer Guidance on Effective Design

Highway Crossing Structures for Wildlife: Opportunities for Improving Driver and Animal Safety

Innovative Strategies to Reduce the Cost of Effective Wildlife Overpasses

Bloomberg CityLab: A Covid-Era Lesson on Making Roads Safer For Wildlife

New York Times: How Do Animals Safely Cross a Highway? Take a Look.

Wildlife Crossings Communications Toolkit

January 28, 2021

Wildlife Crossing Success Stories

December 30, 2020

National Wildlife Federation Unveils New Look at Landmark California Wildlife Crossing

October 21, 2020

Urban Wildlife Week – Wildlife Crossing Wednesday (October 21st, 2020)

October 19, 2020

Innovative Strategies to Reduce the Cost of Wildlife Overpasses

October 24, 2019

Highway Crossing Structures For Wildlife: Benefits of a National Commitment to Increase Driver and Animal Safety

October 24, 2019

Nevada Wild – Wildlife Safety Crossings

September 19, 2019

How wildlife bridges over highways make animals—and people—safer

NDOT/NDOW Mark Milestone in Roadway Animal Crossing Safety Efforts

Life in the Crossroads: A New Age for Highway Wildlife Crossings

Animals are using Colorado’s wildlife crossings, reducing collisions, CDOT says

Plans for new TCH overpass in the works

February 13, 2018

Animals are using Colorado’s wildlife crossings, reducing collisions, CDOT says

February 13, 2018

In Banff, design helps critters safely cross the highway

January 22, 2018

As Banff’s famed wildlife overpasses turn 20, the world looks to Canada for conservation inspiration

December 4, 2017

Around the Bend: Trans-Canada mountainous route can be death-defying, but hope lies ahead

December 1, 2017

2017 ASLA Professional Awards

September 5, 2017

ARC Solutions Mid-Year Highpoints 2017

Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren’t there more?

Wildlife Crossings Get a Whole New Look

ARC Solutions Highpoints 2016

January 17, 2017

The Funders Helping Wildlife Find Safe Passage Across Highways

October 27, 2016

See the Latest Way Colorado Is Trying to Prevent You From Being Killed by Wildlife

October 24, 2016

British Columbia: Province urged to do more to prevent deer-vehicle collisions

October 15, 2016

First wildlife overpass opens on Highway 9

October 8, 2016

County moves on wildlife crossing plan

October 6, 2016

Reducing wildlife-vehicle accidents needs to become a priority in Montana

October 2, 2016

Support Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage

September 28, 2016

Walk on the wild side: the multimillion-dollar freeway crossing aiming to give California’s cougars the space they need

September 4, 2016

Best practices: What is the best approach to determine wildlife crossing locations?

Why did the Mammal Cross the Road?

SUV Sends Moose Flying Over Colorado Highway

How do the animals cross the road in Banff National Park?

Interdisciplinary Partnerships Help to Connect Ecosystems and Improve Roadway Safety for Wildlife and the Traveling Public

Create natural cross roads for wildlife: Animal activists

February 7, 2016

U.S.: Critter Crossings Can Save Human Lives

February 4, 2016

Cameras Show New Highway 9 Wildlife Overpass Is An Early Success

January 28, 2016

Caltrans Holds Public Hearing on Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing

January 28, 2016

Bighorn battles Canmore

December 31, 2015

Nevada to spend $14 million to put deer crossings across Interstate 80

December 27, 2015

Safe but unsound

December 3, 2015

Wildlife crossings pave the way for biodiversity in Sonoran Desert

October 21, 2015

ARC Solutions Wins 2015 FHWA Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership: Award Recognizes ARC’s Work to Promote Wildlife Crossing Structures and Re-Connect Landscapes in North America

Wildlife Crossings: The New Norm for Transportation Planning

Putting the Crosshairs on Deadly Crossings

Wildlife Crossings are Win Win. The question is When When?

November 22, 2014

Our Highways’ Toll on Wildlife

October 23, 2014

Banff bears use Trans-Canada wildlife crossings to find mates; wildlife crossings can cost up to $4M each, but benefit bear populations

February 18, 2014

Bear hair study in Banff proves animal highway crossings work

August 11, 2013

Mongolian officials look to western Montana wildlife crossings as model

To build or not to build a road: How do we honor the landscape?

Alberta considers underpass to protect wildlife in Crowsnest Pass: Alberta Transportation looking at plan for underpass on Highway 3

January 24, 2013

January 1, 2013

Montana in top 10 for deer-vehicle collisions

November 19, 2012

Wildlife crossings reduce costs, improve public safety, report says

November 6, 2012

Safety Crossings: 2.4 million vehicle-deer collisions, One vehicle-deer collision every 26 seconds

October 31, 2012

Car and Deer Collisions Cause 200 Deaths, Cost $4 Billion a Year

October 24, 2012

Wildlife Crossing Structures: An Innovative Global Conservation Strategy

October 23, 2012

Indian Environment Ministry in PPP mode to raise jumbo corridors

October 22, 2012

Landscape connectivity: corridors and more, in Issues in Ecology #16

October 19, 2012

Taking the Low Road

October 19, 2012

Look Out for Deer: Traffic Collisions Increase During Fall

October 18, 2012

Wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads decreasing

October 18, 2012

Fastest US land animal, the pronghorn, gets help crossing Wyoming highway

October 18, 2012

Safe Passage for Pronghorns

October 17, 2012

Creating a safer highway

October 15, 2012

Wyoming: Where The Deer And The Antelope Play In An Overpass (At Last)

October 15, 2012

Train kills two young grizzly bears in Banff National Park

October 9, 2012

Memorial to Ted Smith, ARC Partner

October 3, 2012

Saving Banff’s grizzlies: Five-year action plan to reduce human-wildlife conflict,Parks Canada, CP rail, researchers part of plan

September 2, 2012

Researchers study Montana wildlife crossings for use on Chinese roads

August 29, 2012

National parks scramble to address spike in human-caused wildlife deaths

August 25, 2012

ARC Solutions Highpoints

August 23, 2012

Colorado: Highway lynx crossings documented; Study tracks north-south movement with more than 10 years of data

August 21, 2012

Gazette opinion: New law watches out for wildlife-motorist safety

Group seeks citizen reports on wildlife

Obama Set to Sign Transportation Bill Today: Legislation Would Keep Motorists, Wildlife Safe, Give States and Federal Agencies Necessary Authority to Prevent Auto and Animal Collisions

Animals Get Their Own Highway Underpass; Underpass On US 550 Near Ridgway

Critter Collision Bill Would Reduce Deadly Wildlife-Motorist Incidents

U.S. Congress Acts to Keep Motorists, Wildlife Safe: Legislation will give states and federal agencies necessary authority to prevent auto & animal collisions

I-80 wildlife overpass construction begins

Wildlife’s use of Highway 93 overpasses gets passed to the next generation

Expect traffic delays as WYDOT works on wildlife overpass arches

Black bear cub killed by train near Canmore; Wildlife officials fear for mother and second cub

Two moose killed on tracks

Wildlife overpasses eyed to improve safety on Hwy. 9; Stretch of road north of Silverthorne has been a trouble spot

Lynx image captures world’s imagination

A Zest for Bridges: 2012 Award of Excellence Winner Theodore Zoli

The missing lynx: Rare photo of cool cat crossing highway overpass

Rare photo of lynx using Banff highway overpass delights wildlife experts ‘It was like he was posing for us’

The Case for an I-70 Wildlife Bridge

January 6, 2012

Theodore Zoli, Genius Bridge Engineer

New Wildlife Crossing Structures

Helping moose across the highway

January 29, 2011

Across the Great Divide / A Safe Passage

January 28, 2011

WILDLIFE: Pragmatic, cost-effective design wins crossing competition

January 27, 2011

Heard on the Hill: Governing Like the Wolf

January 26, 2011

Michael Van Valkenburgh Wins Vail Overpass Competition, Colorado’s Deer Send Thanks

January 26, 2011

How Not to Hit a Deer: Give ‘Em a Road Crossing That Looks Like Home

January 26, 2011

A Simple Concrete Bridge That Could Save America’s Wildlife

January 25, 2011

Colo. wildlife crossing design selected

January 24, 2011

N.Y. firm wins contest for I-70 animal crossing

January 24, 2011

Banff wildlife could benefit from new crossings

January 24, 2011

Wildlife bridge contest: Winning West Vail Pass entry “elegant” yet practical

January 24, 2011

Tree-covered Wildlife Crossing Proposed Near Vail

January 24, 2011

For Wildlife, a Safe Highway Crossing

January 24, 2011

Colo. wildlife crossing design selected

January 24, 2011

Tree-covered wildlife crossing proposed near Vail

January 24, 2011

Design selected for I-70 wildlife crossing near Vail

January 24, 2011

Design picked for Vail Pass overpass

January 23, 2011

Design Picked for Wildlife Crossing

January 23, 2011

Building a Better Crosswalk – for Moose, Bear and Elk

January 20, 2011

Design Competition Seeks to Make Wildlife Crossings Safer

January 16, 2011

New survey looks at wildlife and highway crossings

January 11, 2011

Helping Bambi cross the road

January 11, 2011

Wildlife Safety near Superhighways is Focus of Unique International Design Competition

January 10, 2011

USU Ecologist Leading Efforts to Stop Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

September 2, 2010