By Scott Gilman | Membership Director
The Federal Highway Administration announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered red wolves. Only 16 red wolves remain in the wild, and vehicle collisions have become their leading cause of mortality.
The grant will fund 13 wildlife underpasses beneath U.S. 64, a highway that runs through the heart of the last red wolf refuges. Construction will also be supported by $4 million in private donations raised by the Center for Biological Diversity, Wildlands Network, and an anonymous donor’s matching grant.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation submitted the grant application in partnership with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina also supported the red wolf wildlife crossings project.
In addition to endangered red wolves, wildlife crossings will also protect dozens of other species frequently killed along Highway 64, including river otters, bobcats, white-tailed deer, spotted turtles and black bears. The project area is home to highest density of black bears in the country.
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