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Restoring wildlife corridors is a good thing for the environment and motorists.

Restoring wildlife corridors is a good thing for the environment and motorists.

Pennsylvania is home to many amazing native species. Pennsylvania is home to amazing wildlife, including bobcats, black bears, elk, and songbirds that migrate north and south each year. We also are home to one the largest national parks. State park systemsA thriving outdoor recreation industry. However, the loss of critical habitat for native species is increasing every year due to our roads, energy infrastructure, and other development. This makes it more difficult for wildlife to forage, mate, and migrate.

Wildlife corridors are a commonsense solution that can help both wildlife populations and drivers in Pennsylvania. There are many ways to connect critical habitats. These include overpasses and underpasses that allow deer and elk to cross highways safely, some woodland to allow black bears or badgers to move between farm fields, a wetland strip connecting parking lots to connect box turtles ponds, and milkweed along a highway that feeds the monarch butterfly during its famous migration. These corridors can support critical migration patterns and increase ecological diversity in wild places. Wildlife corridors can improve the quality and life of all inhabitants of the commonwealth, including ours.

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