Wildlife Wins: I-5 gets first-ever overpass for animals

ASHLAND, Ore. – A $33,200,100 federal grant award will allow the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southern Oregon in the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument; this will be the first wildlife overcrossing for Oregon and for the entire stretch of I-5 between Mexico and Canada. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grant was announced Friday.

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