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Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions 1995-2013 Mark Watson Habitat Specialist Division of Ecological and Environmental Planning
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Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions 1995-2013
Mark Watson Habitat Specialist
Division of Ecological and Environmental Planning
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2002-2011 Large Game Animal-Vehicle Collision Accident Report Data
Species Collisions
Deer 7460
Elk 1839
Pronghorn 150
Bear 135
Cougar 8
Game Animal
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9685 total reports
U.S. 550 Deer Fencing Project Animas River to Colorado
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House Joint Memorial 3 and Tijeras Canyon Safe Passage Project
3 underpasses with 2 years of track monitoring. All underpasses used by mule deer.
U.S. 64 Monero to Lumberton (west of Chama)
Construction and Maintenance Challenges
2011 HJM 10 Wildlife Safety Zone U.S. 64/84
Top Five Road Segments Collisions 2006-2010
I-25 Raton Pass 83
U.S. 70 Ruidoso Downs-Hondo 77
U.S. 50 Cuba to NM Hwy 537 73
U.S. 64 Tierra Amarilla-Chama 60
U.S. 70 Tularosa to Bent 56
Senate Memorial 11/House Memorial 1 Workshop May 2013
NM State Police Survey Identified 150 locations
May workshop identified 38 highway segments
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Roads with Highest No. of Collisions 2002-2011
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Roads with Highest No. of Collision-related Visible Injuries 2002-2011
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US 70 No. of Collisions Between MP 230-330, 2002-2011
MP 239 Nogal Canyon/Tularosa Creek
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Senate Memorial 11 / House Memorial 1
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US 64 No. of Collisions MP 60-69 Bloomfield Area
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US 180 No. of Collisions MP 116-119 East of Silver City
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US 70 No. of Collisions MP 239-240 Nogal Canyon Tularosa Creek Area
Senate Memorial 11 / House Memorial 1
15 Highways Evaluating for HSIP Funding Proposal 2013
NM 90 Silver City-Lordsburg U.S. 180 south of Cliff
U.S. 70 Tularosa to Bent US 70 Ruidoso Downs-Hondo
U.S. 82 Cloudcroft NM 48 Ruidoso to Capitan
I-40/NM 333 Tijeras Canyon (unfenced portion)
I-40 Zuzax to SR 306
I-25 Raton Pass I-25 Glorieta
US 64 Chama to 64/84 junct. NM 522 Arroyo Hondo to CO
I-40 Thoreau U.S. 550 Cuba to NM 537
NM 12 Apache Creek
Openness Factor = (H) x (W) / (L)
Acknowledgements Thanks to Coleman Burnett, Chris Cudia and all of the
NMDOT Environmental Bureau staff involved in implementing Senate Memorial 11
