[representativerepublic]

What about tunnels? Don’t laugh. When FDOT in south Florida expanded I-75/Alligator Alley across the Everglades, they built an 8’ tall chain link fence along each side of the highway and had tunnels in certain areas so widelife could get to the other side freely. It actually worked well with documented cases of deer, bears, hogs and Florida panthers using the thru ways.

[21twelve]

In many areas a “wildlife crossing” makes a lot of sense - like the Everglades. I imagine that some research needs to be done on the best crossing areas, fences, etc. to direct the animals to the crossings and other stuff. It just seems nuts that this stuff takes $4 million dollars.

If this L.A. mountain lion area is in such a busy area - how about trying to capture the lions on one side of the road and move them to the other and be done with it? Although I believe lions are pretty territorial and have a large range.

A new bridge may cause other problems.

Headline, 2024: “New Bridge increases Mountain Lion Attacks in Suburbia”

[SJackson]

What about tunnels? Don’t laugh.

You want tunnels, your tax dollars will provide tunnels.

[hinckley buzzard]

I rode across Alligator Alley about 60 years ago. If there was ever a good case for protecting wildlife, that was it. I doubt it has anything today like it had then though.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Widelife? Are you referring to Walmart shoppers?

[AAABEST]

...Florida panthers using the thru ways.

There's no such thing as a "Florida panther." The original cat was nothing more than a smaller version of the American cougar/panther/mountain lion, just as Florida has smaller deer, squirrels, hogs etc. due to their not needing as much body mass in a warm climate.

That ORIGINAL panther is long gone. After becoming mongrelized by captive cats that were loosed accidentally in the 1st half of the 20th century, their genetics began to fail and they were well on their way to extinction. Enter pinheaded enviro-activists, who thought it would be dandy to bring in a bunch of larger, more aggressive cats from the West to improve the species.

And oh yeah, for "future generations and our children" the fed.gov and the state demanded landowners had to give up a bunch of rights, sometimes confiscating thousands of acres at a tie while creating draconian laws regarding fences, protection of livestock etc. etc.

Bottom line, the best thing that can happen for the state, farmers, landowners, property rights and America in general is if every single one of those mongrel vermin are extinguished off the face of the earth forever.

For "future generations and our children" of course.