Connectivity in the Crown: U.S. Highway 2 Wildlife Crossings 2019 Report
Waller J, Graves T, Anderson B, Kittson B, Gaulke S. 2020. Connectivity in the Crown: U.S. Highway 2 Wildlife Crossings 2019 Report. National Park Service. West Glacier MT
This effort resulted in 621 wildlife observations of 26 species collected from hundreds of interactions with employees and the public, 31 businesses visited, and 11 events held or attended. We mapped 230 previously unrecorded wildlife trails between West Glacier and Columbia Falls and measured and photographed 390 culverts between East Glacier and Columbia Falls. We installed 12 trail cameras that captured 9248 wildlife images comprised of 12 species. This information is presented here and compared with previous studies of the corridor to recommend potential highway crossing locations for more intensive study.