Introduction

Louis Berger US, Inc. and the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University are conducting a survey for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. We aim to summarize experiences and the current state of practice for methods used to determine the value of wildlife overpasses, underpasses, bridges, and culverts for habitat connectivity, and how these values are applied in calculating transportation project mitigation requirements, mitigation credits, or mitigation effectiveness. We are especially interested in methods and procedures that may be applicable to the development of valuation metrics for wildlife crossings for:

 

  • Advance mitigation 
  • Permittee-responsible mitigation 
  • Landscape-level mitigation
  • Wildlife corridor planning

 

The results of this project will provide guidance to DOTs and practitioners on potential methods that could be used to develop and secure mitigation credits for roadway enhancements for terrestrial wildlife connectivity.  For more information about the project, visit:  

http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4487 

We invite you, as a researcher or practitioner involved with highway connectivity impact assessment and mitigation, to share your knowledge and experience with us. If you know of other experts who have information relevant to this survey, please forward this survey to them

The survey is voluntary, and you are under no obligation to complete it or answer every question. You may skip questions you feel you are unable to answer. If you have the information available, the survey could take upwards of 15 minutes to complete, but should take no more than 30 minutes. If the question response options do not allow you to adequately describe your situation, please use the 'other' option to explain or send us an email with a more detailed response. Once you start the survey, your responses will be saved automatically as you go. You may exit the survey at any point and return to finish it later.


While no personally identifiable information will be published or distributed to others, we may want to contact you for additional information. If you agree to be contacted for more information, please provide your contact information where requested. We understand your time is limited and appreciate your contribution to this effort.

Please respond to the survey by April 19, 2019. Willing participants are encouraged to take part in a follow-up telephone interview within a two month period following the survey. For any questions or to submit information directly to the research team, please contact Ed Samanns at ESamanns@louisberger.com. If you prefer, you can also e-mail that address to request a unique and secure transfer (FTP) option for larger or confidential data.