ICOWET III
The International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation

ICOWET III Proceedings
The proceedings are now available for download. A hard copy has been mailed to everyone who attended the conference. If you attended the conference but have not yet received your copy, please contact Vicki Sharpe via E-Mail at vicki.sharpe@dot.state.fl.us  . A mailing list of the individuals who attended ICOWET III is also now available for download.
A limited number of bound copies of the proceedings are available by contacting Vicki Sharpe at the address listed above.

Please note the following ommisions from the printed copies of the proceedings
Wildlife Mortality on Railways: Monitoring Methods and Potential Mitigation Strategies - (Omission of Table 1 and Figures 1 through 5)
Emerging Spatial Models of Road Ecology to Link with Engineering and Economics in Transportation Planning - (Omission of figures - 1 page)


ICOWET III Mailing List
Available for download is a list of those individuals who registered to attend the 1999 ICOWET III in Missoula, MT in September. In the coming weeks, this list will be replaced or supplemented by a larger list containing the names of these individuals plus the names of many others who were unable to attend the conference, but have indicated a continuing interest in wildlife/transportation issues.

Download the ICOWETT III Attendees List

If any address/e-mail or spelling corrections need to be made, or if you prefer your name NOT be listed on this page, please contact Vicki Sharpe at vicki.sharpe@dot.state.fl.us

Listed below are the papers presented at ICOWET III (in order of presentation at the conference)
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Overview of Transportation Related Wildlife Problems
- Scott Jackson,University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Reestablishment of Carnivore Habitat Connectivity in the Northern Rockies
-Bill Ruediger, Jay Gore, and Jim Claar, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT

Documenting Habitat Use and Crossing Preferences of Grizzly Bears Along Highways Utilizing GPS Technology
- Chris Servheen and John Waller, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Missoula, MT

Reducing Human-Caused Grizzly and Black Bear Mortality Along Roadside Corridors in Yellowstone National Park
- Kerry Gunther and Mark Biel, Yellowstone National Park, WY

Brown Bears in Slovenia: Identifying Locations for Construction of Wildlife Bridges Across Highways
- Andrej Kobler, Slovenian Forestry Institute; and Miha Adamic, University of Ljubljana, Slovinia

Highway Effects on Gray Wolves within the Golden Canyon, British Columbia
- Paul Paquet; Carolyn Callaghan Central Rockies Wolf Project, Canmore, AB and Jack Wierzchowski, Geomar Consulting, Calgary, AB

Impacts of Highway Development on Timber Wolves in Northwestern Wisconsin
- Bruce Kohn, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Rhinelander, WI

A Programmatic Approach to Mitigating Highway Impacts on Lynx in Colorado
- Sarah Barnum, Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, CO

Wildlife Movement and Habitat Linkage in the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass Corridor, Washington
- Peter Singleton and John Lehmkuhl, USDA Forest Service, Wenatchee, WA

Wildlife Mortality on Railways: Monitoring Methods and Potential Mitigation Strategies
- Pat Wells, Parks Canada; Greta Bridgewater, Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary, AB; Hal Morrison and John Woods, Parks Canada, BC

Understanding Wildlife-Vehicle/Train Collisions in Jasper National Park (Canada)
- Jim Bertwistle, Jasper National Park, AB

Development of a Terrestrial Mitigation Decision Support System: A Community Based Landscape Level Approach for Transportation Planners
-Mark Maurer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, PA

Biodiversity Issues in Road Environmental Impact Assessments: Guidance and Case Studies
- Helen Byron, Imperial College, London, UK

The State of Habitat Fragmentation Caused by Transport Infrastructure in the Czech Republic
- Jiri Dufek, Transport Research Centre, and Vladimir Adamec, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Emerging Spatial Models of Road Ecology to Link with Engineering and Economics in Transportation Planning
- Richard T. T. Forman, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Preliminary Consideration of Highway Impacts on Herpetofauna Inhabiting Small Isolated Wetlands in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain
- Bruce Means, Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL

The Impact of Roads and Associated Vehicular Traffic on Snake Populations in Eastern Texas
- Craig Rudolph, Shirley Burgdorf, Richard Conner and Richard Schaefer, USFS, Southern Research Center, Nacogdoches, TX

A Case Study In a Natural Steppic Area Key to Dupont’s Lark in Central Spain
- Dolores Hedo, Department of Conservation, Madrid, Spain

The Effects of Highways on Trout and Salmon Rivers and Streams in the Western U.S.
- Robert Ruediger, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Salem, OR

Stream Mitigation for I-26 - Madison County, North Carolina
- Phillip Todd and Gordon Cashin, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, NC

Bats in American Bridges
- Brian Keeley, Bat Conservation International, Inc., Austin, TX

Wyoming Department of Transportation Wildlife and Fisheries Mitigation Efforts
- Bob Bonds, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Cheyenne, WY

Techniques Utilized By Arizona Department of Transportation to Reduce Wildlife Mortality on Roadways and to Mitigate For Lost Habitat
- Douglas Brown, Arizona Department of Transportation, Flagstaff, AZ

Usage of GIS in Wildlife Passage Planning in Estonia
- Lauri Klein, Estonian Environment Information Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

Addressing Deer-Vehicle Accidents with an Ecological Landscape GIS Approach
- Mary Hindelang, White Water Associates, Inc., Amasa, MI

A GIS Plan to Protect Fish and Wildlife Resources in the Big Bend Area of Florida
- Randy Kautz, and Terry Gilbert, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL

Identification and Prioritization of Ecological Interface Zones on State Roads in Florida
- Dan Smith, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Bridge Replacements: An Opportunity to Improve Habitat Connectivity
-Laurie Macdonald, Habitat For Bears, St. Petersburg, FL

Decision Support Methods for Assessing Placement of Road Crossing Structures for Wildlife
- Shelley Alexander and Nigel Waters, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Wildlife Underpasses Along the Expansion of Highway 64 in Northeast North Carolina
- Brian Scheick and Mark Jones, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, NC

Use of Fauna Passages Along Waterways Under Highways
- Geesje Veenbaas, Ministry of Transport, Delft, The Netherlands

Wildlife Management Within Arterial Highway Corridors in New Brunswick
-Mike Phillips, New Brunswick Department of Transportation, Fredericton, NB

Dry Drainage Culvert Use and Design Considerations for Small- and Medium-Sized Mammal Movement Across a Major Transportation Corridor
- Anthony P. Clevenger and Mark Edwards, Parks Canada, AB, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Progress In Protecting Wildlife From Transportation Impacts in Hungary and Other European Countries
- Agi Simonyi, Ministry of Transport, Division of Road Development, Budapest, Hungary

Highways and Wildlife Conservation in Mexico: The Sonoran Pronghorn at El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere’s Reserve on the USA-Mexico Border
- Carlos Castillo, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico

African Buffaloes’ Perception of Humans and Their Barriers: Roads, Railroads and Hunters vs. Other Tourists
- Cynthia Hunter, UPE Zoology and Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit, Port Elizabeth, South Africa



Please note
The following were either poster sessions or were papers of relevance which were not actually presented at the conference


Watch Out For Wildlife

A Method To Assess The Extent Of Road Avoidance By Wildlife On Road Verges In The Deciduous Woodland Habitat, In The UK.

ElectroBrad Fence Configuration Plots To Test The Efficacy Of White-Tailed Deer Exclusion On An Upper Peninsula (Michigan) Agricultural Field

An Explanation And Assessment Of Road Removal In Varied Habitats

Closing Forest Roads For Habitat Protection: A Northern Rockies Case Study

The Location of Hedgehog Traffic Victims in Relation to Traffic Features

Wildlife Rescue Centre Records As A Means of Monitoring Relative Change in Mortality Factors Affecting Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)