I am writing from the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation in Duluth, MN at the west end of Lake Superior. The conference doesn’t really start until tomorrow (Monday 9/14) but I checked in this evening and attended the screening of “Division Street” with the filmmaker, Eric Bendick. Actually, we only screened 40 minutes of the film, but enough to decide that this would be a great film to bring to western Massachusetts to try to raise awareness and start a discussion about the impact of roads on wildlife here. (As you know, BEAT is already working to decrease the impact of roads on wildlife.)
The filmmaker said that the farthest away you can get from roads in the continental US is about 21.2 miles. Roads are everywhere!
The conference should be interesting with speakers from around the world talking about what is being done in their area to decrease the impact of roads on wildlife.
More tomorrow once the conference is really underway!
Jane