The Wildlife Connectivity Institute: Working to keep wildlife moving, safe, and here for the future
Photo credit: Colorado DOT, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, ECO-resolutions, and P. Cramer.
At the Wildlife Connectivity Institute, our mission is to help protect and restore wildlife connectivity in North America and across the world through research, education, and outreach opportunities.
Photo credit: P. Cramer, Utah DOT, Utah Div. of Wildlife Resources
Who We Are
The Wildlife Connectivity Institute and their partners work together to reconnect fragmented landscapes and help to prevent further bisecting of crucial wildlife habitat using science and education.
Climate-Informed Wildlife Crossings
Climate-informed wildlife crossings can help both nature and people adapt to climate change. Read how scientists have collaborated on a position statement about how wildlife crossings should be created with climate change in mind. The Wildlife Connectivity Institute was a signatory of this statement.
Photo Credit: J. Richert, Blue Valley Ranch, Colorado. Taken on SH 9
Transportation Ecology
We research wildlife use of wildlife crossing structures and other aspects of wildlife mitigation. Our Founder, Dr. Cramer is national leader in the science and management of wildlife and transportation.
Our Programs
Wildlife Connectivity
We research and use science to help protect and plan to reconnect places wildlife use in their daily movements, migrations, and overall lives in the face of human development and climate change.
Education
We take the science of wildlife connectivity to professionals at conferences, present webinars, and are involved in graduate student research.
Our Active Projects
The Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan
Colorado State Highway 13 Wildlife Mitigation Monitoring
Colorado US 160 Chimney Rock Wildlife Mitigation Monitoring
Utah SR 73 Eagle Mountain Wildlife Crosswalk and Wildlife-Detection Driver Warning System Monitoring
Identification of Idaho’s Wildlife-Vehicle Conflict Priority Areas
News and Updates
See news articles, programs, and conference presentations where the Wildlife Connectivity Institute and its founder, Patricia Cramer are featured.
News and Updates
Evaluating and Elevating the Role of Wildlife Road Crossings in Climate Adaptation
An open source journal article
Dr. Cramer was a co-author on this article about being proactive in predicting where wildlife will need to move under future climate change scenarios.
November 2024
Webinar with Dr. Cramer and Tribes
Dr. Cramer interacted with Tribal professionals across the U.S. to convey the success stories of how wildlife concerns are integrated into transportation. Anyone can join.
August 2024
Dr. Cramer & The Wildlife Connectivity Institute win the FHWA 2024 Environmental Excellence Award for Research
Dr. Cramer and the Wildlife Connectivity Institute led an award winning team to guide the U.S. and Canada on methods to incorporate wildlife into transportation planning.
June 2024
News and Updates
Earth Day Success Story: Wildlife Crossings Keep Animals and People Safe
Newsweek Magazine on line
By Jeff Young
The video and story feature Dr. Cramer and her stories of wildlife using wildlife crossings and the hope for the future.
April 2024
Idaho’s First Overpass, and the state’s slow progress on installing wildlife crossings
A Boise Public Radio story by Rachel Coehn
Dr. Cramer speaks to the challenges.
March 2024
Dr. Cramer was featured in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Bugle Magazine in their Friends in the Field column.
March 2024
Support our Work
Be part of our mission and help support our efforts to maintain and restore wildlife connectivity