Wildlife

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Active and Completed Projects

• Species from Feces: A New Tool to Identify Bats in Culverts and on Bridges
  (08/2024)
• Thinking inside the box (culvert): Developing a low-cost, easy-to-install retrofit prototype for fish passage
  (07/2022)
• Identifying Deer-Vehicle Collision Concentrations in Minnesota
  (05/2021)
• Cost-Effective Roadside Vegetation Methods to Support Insect Pollinators
  (07/2020)
• Implementation of Culvert Design Guide for Stream Connectivity and Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP)
  (10/2019)
• Assessing Culverts in Minnesota: Fish Passage and Storm Vulnerability
  (07/2018)
• Optimizing the Nutrition of Roadside Plants for Pollinators
  (07/2017)
• Monitoring and habitat assessment of declining bumble bees in Twin Cities metro roadsides
  (06/2017)
• Bee Pollinator Habitat Enhancement - Phase 2
  (07/2016)
• Minnesota Culvert Design Guidance for Aquatic Species Passage and Stream Connectivity
  (06/2016)
• Use of Mussel Spat Rope for Fish Passage in Culverts
  (11/2014)
• Culvert Length and Interior Lighting Impacts to Topeka Shiner Passage
  (04/2014)
• Laboratory Study of Culvert Sedimentation for Fish Passage
  (08/2012)
• Thermal Imaging-based Driver Alert System with Real-time Mapping of Roadside Deer Locations - FY12 NATSRL
  (07/2011)
• Infrared Thermal Camera-Based Real-Time Identification and Tracking of Large Animals to Prevent Animal-Vehicle Collisions (AVCs) On Roadways - FY11 NATSRL
  (07/2010)
• Performance Assessment of Oversized Culvert to Accommodate Fish Passage
  (08/2009)
• Wetlands: Role of Buffers in Upland Infiltration, Nutrient Absorption and Wildlife Habitat
  (12/2007)
• Cost Analysis of Alternative Culvert Installation Practices in Minnesota
  (10/2007)
• Deer Avoidance Research-Use of Motion Detector Flashing Lights
  (03/2002)