House bill would lead Iowa to explore wildlife overpasses

An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Thursday that would initiate a state committee to study the feasibility of adding wildlife crossings on certain highways.

House Study Bill 562 calls for an analysis of animal-vehicle collisions along highways, a ranking of high-crash corridors and suggestions for animal crossing solutions, which could include wildlife overpasses, underpasses or improved fencing along a highway corridor.

Wildlife overpasses are popular in some European countries and have been adopted in a handful of U.S. states…

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