ARC Solutions Technology Transfer Initiative

The objective of this project is to educate and engage science and engineering professionals working in conservation, natural resources, and transportation in order to build support for the development of innovative wildlife crossings.

ARC’s Technology Transfer Initiative (“Tech Transfer”) aims to educate and engage science and engineering professionals working in conservation, natural resources, and transportation in order to build support for the development of innovative wildlife crossings. This is crucial not only for roads affecting the national refuge system, but also for game animals (i.e., moose, bighorn sheep) and threatened and endangered species, such as reptiles and amphibians. Technical information generated by the ARC competition, as well as continuing research, is strategically shared and disseminated in support of this goal. In addition, many states  and provinces are interested in developing new innovative wildlife overpasses based on the information and designs from ARC.  This project will allow WTI to expand technical assistance and research dissemination on innovative wildlife crossing structures.  Activities will include:

• Technical support to ten to twenty agencies seeking to develop innovative wildlife crossings structures and various other design elements
• Production of at least two peer-reviewed manuscripts based on two ARC workshops with engineers and biologists
• Presentations on the latest emerging technologies and crossing designs at national and regional wildlife and transportation conferences