Wolverine Wildlife Overpass
Parks Canada Banff

By Fida Wild

Building highways through natural habitat always interferes with wildlife. If I gave Parks Canada a roasting elsewhere, I truly complement them on how they handle the welfare of Banff's wildlife population along the Trans Canada Highway in the Banff National Park, the main transport route to the west coast.

The Bow Valley is traditionally a high density migrating route for wildlife between the lower and higher areas. Too many fatal accidents occurred before it was finally decided that something had to be done and the first highway overpass was built.

The 50-meter wide Wolverine Wildlife Overpass near Banff looks quite simple, but a lot of planning and engineering went into building this structure to keep it as natural as possible and to provide a protected corridor for animals.

Two over- and 22 underpasses have been built on this stretch. It was not clear how the animals would react. Luckily, constant monitoring shows that the wildlife adapted well to the new situation.

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Was just in Banff - Great post! We were wondering if these over passing's were successful. Good to know.

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