Wildlife and Fisheries

 

WYDOT has a full-time wildlife biologist who performs wildlife studies related to transportation. The biologist works directly with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management to ensure that Wyoming's wildlife is protected.

 

WYDOT's Exemplary Ecosystem Initiative Awards

The WYDOT is a three time recipient of FHWA's Exemplary Ecosystem Initiatives award.  The Exemplary Ecosystem Initiatives (EEI) award is given out yearly to State Department of Transportation’s or Federal Lands Highway Division for outstanding commitments to environmental stewardship.  

2011 EEI Award - Trappers Point - Wildlife under and over passes 

2010 EEI Award - Nugget Canyon - Deer fence and wildlife underpass

2005 EEI Award - Moran Junction to Dubois  - Wildife Crossing Study

Baggs Underpass Wildlife Photographs

The Baggs Underpass is about six miles north of Baggs on WYO 789 at reference marker 45. WYDOT's wildlife biologist has been monitoring this underpass since October 2009. 

Wildlife Photographs
Deer	Elk	Bobcat	Coyote
01   11	01	01	01
02   12	02	02
03   13	03	03
04   14	04	04
05   15	05
06   16
07   17
08   18
09   19
10   20

Nugget Canyon Wildlife Underpasses

Nugget Canyon is located along US 30 between Sage Junction and Kemmerer. The Nugget Canyon wildlife underpass area consists of seven box culverts with 15 miles of wildlife fencing.

Wildlife Photographs

Elk	Pronghorn	Deer	Moose	Bobcat
01	01	01	01	01
02			02
03
04
05
06
07
08

  Nugget Canyon 2010 Progress Report

  Nugget Canyon Categorical Exclusion

Towgotee Pass Wildlife Structures

Towgotee Pass is located on US 26/287 between Moran Junction and Dubois Wyoming. The project is 38-miles long and consits of five wildlife underpass crossings and four multiuse underpass crossings.

Wildlife Photos

Deer	Weasel Family	Misc
1	1	Marmot
2	2	Marmot
3	3	Fox
4	4	Coyote
5	5	Fox
6	6	Snowshoe Hare
7		Badger
8		Porcupine
9		Red Squirrel
10		Ducks
11		Grizzly
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13
14
15
16

 

 

Trappers Point Wildlife Underpasses and Overpasses

The Trappers Point project is located along a 23-mile stretch of US 191 between Pinedale and Bondurant. The project will consist of adding six wildlife underpasses and two wildlife overpasses. The overpasses will be Wyomings first. Construction will start in 2011 and be completed by fall 2012.

The pronghorn migration through Trappers Point is mentioned on National Geographic's Web site under Epic Migration Seen "Through Eyes of" Antelope.