The San Francisco Chronicle reports
The traffic strategies implemented the past three weeks in Yosemite National Park are likely to reduce wildlife kills on park roads, it appeared this past weekend.
A conversion that allows two-way traffic on what were two-lane, one-way valley roads, traffic has been slowed to the 25-mph limit (or slower) in both directions. It is now impossible for fast drivers to use two lanes going the same direction to weave around slower traffic.
Last year, vehicles hit 37 bears on the park’s roads, said Catlin Lee-Roney, a wildlife specialist at the park. This summer, 20 were hit, she said.
Read full story at Yosemite tames drivers; animals rejoice – San Francisco Chronicle
Posted in Park | Tags: Wildlife Road Kills, Yosemite
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