August 24–29, 2003
"Making Connections"

Final Abstracts
For Technical Papers, Posters and Presentations

Keynote

• Demographic Population Fragmentation of Grizzly Bears Across their Southern Distribution
  in Southern Canada and the Northwest US

Overview of International & Federal Activities

• European Review of Habitat Fragmentation Due to Infrastructure
• Results of the Scan Tour on Wildlife Connectivity Across European Highways
• Transportation Equity Act Reauthorization
• Update on the Formation of the New Transportation Research Board Task Force on Ecology and Transportation
• Update on the Surface Transportation-Environmental Cooperative Research Program

Aquatic Ecosystems

• Adverse Effects to Fish of Pile-Driving: Implications for ESA and EFH Consultations in Pacific Northwest
• Aquatic Habitat Enhancement for Mad River and Beaver Pond Brook in Conjunction with the Reconstruction of I-84 in Waterbury, CT
• Aquatic Organism Passage Design Process
• Collaborative Research and Watershed Management for Optimization of Forest Road Best Management Practices
• Construction Challenges and Case Studies
• Ecological Considerations in the Design of River and Stream Crossings
• Geomorphology and Site Assessment for Aquatic Organism Passage Design
• Guidance for the Selection of Compensatory Mitigation Options: Results from the NCHRP Project 25-16
• In-Lieu Fee Mitigation: A Public/Private Partnership for Improved Wetland Mitigation
• Inventory of Fish Passage at Selected Culverts on the Hoonah Ranger District, Tongass National Forest
• New York State Department of Transportation Soil Bioengineering and Biotechnical Engineering Design Guidance and Specifications
• Protection of an Endangered Fish, TOR TOR and TOR Putitora Population Impacted by Transportation Networks in the Area of Tehri Dam Project, Garhwal Himalayas
• Restoration of an 1,800-Acre Prairie Pothole Wetland complex in Northwestern Minnesota
• Restoration of an Upper Headwaters Coldwater Ecosystem in Western Maryland Utilizing Passive Treatment Technologies
• Spooner Creek Restoration and Fish Ladder
• Strawberry Island Phase III: A Case Study in the Successful Application of In-Lieu Fee Mitigation
• Texas Connects Watershed Protection and Erosion through Compost
• Wetland Mitigation Issues Related to the Reconstruction of U.S. Highway 93 on the Flathead Indian Reservation

Habitat Connectivity

• Bridges and Wildlife: Issues and Solutions
• Conservation Strategies in the Florida Keys: Formula for Success
• Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures and Adapted Culverts on a Highway in Northwest Spain
• Human Transportation Network as an Ecological Barrier for Wildlife on Brazilian Pantanal-Cerrado Corridors
• Identifying the Best Locations to Provide Safe Highway Crossing Opportunities for Wildlife
• Influence of Predator and Prey Relationships on Wildlife Passage Evaluation
• Innovative Partnerships that Address Highway Impacts to Wildlife Connectivity in the Northern Rockies
• Investigating Wildlife Use of Underpasses Under I-87: Science and the Perils of Publicity
• Long-Term, Year-Road Monitoring of Wildlife Crossing Structures and the Importance of Temporal and Spatial variability in Performance Studies
• Monitoring the Use of Slaty Creek Wildlife Underpass in the Calder Freeway, Black Forest, Macedon, Victoria, Australia
• Mule Deer Response to an Underpass in Nugget Canyon, Wyoming
• Planning for Wildlife Passages and Methods to Assess their Performances
• Rapid Assessment Process for Determining Potential Wildlife, Fish and Plant Linkages for Highways
• Strategy for Restoring Ecological Connectivity and Addressing Mitigation Requirements for the Upgrade of the Route 78 in Swanton, Vermont: An Overview
• Vermont Agency of Transportation Wildlife Crossing Team: Building a transportation Planning Tool to Address Wildlife Crossing Locations in Vermont
• Wildlife Linkage Areas: An Integrated Approach for Canada Lynx
• Wildlife Use of Existing Culverts and Bridges in North Central Pennsylvania
• Wildlife Use in Relation to Structure Variables from a Sampling of Bridges and Culverts Under I-90 between Alberton and St. Regis, MT

Animal-Vehicle Collision Reduction

• Collisions Between Large Wildlife and Motor Vehicles in Maine, 1998-2001
• Establishing Criteria to evaluate Mitigation Measures for reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions
• Evaluation of Measures to Minimize Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Maintain Permeability Across Highways in Arizona, USA
• Evaluation of Roadway Animal Detection System Along Highway 191 in Yellowstone National Park
• Large Animal-Vehicle Collisions in the Central Canadian Rocky Mountains: Patterns and Characteristics
• Model for Estimating Wildlife Morality on Roads and Its Implications for Mitigation and Management
• Partnering to Reduce Deer-Vehicle Collisions: Improving Management of the "Deershed"
• Predictive Models for the Location of Animal-Car Accidents and Their Applicability to Mitigative Measures
• Research into Wildlife/Vehicle Collisions in Jasper National Park
• Results of Recent Activities of the Deer-Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse
• The Wildlife Protection System: Early Successes and Challenges Using High-Powered Infrared Technology to Detect Deer, Warn Drivers and Monitor Behavior

Wildlife Impacts

• Amphibian Mitigation Measures in Central Europe
• Cooperative Approach to Reduce Turtle Mortality on New York State Route 21
• Do Small Mammals Exhibit Road Aversion?
• Effects of Two-Lane Highways on the Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox
• Endangered Species Protection Efforts Through Design and Into Construction
• Evertebrates a Forgotten Group of Animals in Infrastructure Planning? Butterflies as Tools and Model Organisms in Sweden
• Frequency and Distribution of Highway Crossing by Kenai Peninsula Brown Bears
• Frog Fence Along Vermont Rt. 2 in Sandbar Wildlife Management Area: A Collaboration Between Vermont Agency of Transportation and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
• Growth Management in Washington State: Transportation Concurrency, Induced Growth, and Endangered Species Act Indirect Effect
• Highway Mortality of Turtle and Other Herpetofauna at Lake Jackson, Florida, USA, and the Efficacy of a Temporary Fence/Culvert System to Reduce Road Kills
• Impacts of Highways on Dutch Breeding Birds: An Analysis by Applying National Bird Censuses
• Improving Native Bird Habitat Along the Lake Ontario State Parkway
• Mitigation Potential Impacts of Herptile Habitat Loss and Fragmentation from New Roadway Construction in Southern New York State
• New York State DOT Roadside Habitat Management Practices for Grassland Bird Species
• Programmatic Section 7 Consultation Based on Resorting Habitat Connectivity and Achieving Recovery for a Threatened Species: Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse
• Resolving Landscape-Level Highway Impacts on the Florida Black Bear and Other Listed Wildlife Species
• Small Mammal use of Modified Culverts on the Lolo South Project of Western Montana: An Update
• Spatial and Temporal Response of Grizzly Bears to Recreational Use on Trails
• Species-Specific Behavioral Responses of Snakes to Road Encounters
• The Preservation of Bog Turtle Metapopulation Dynamics by a Transportation Improvement Project in Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Using Genetics to Study Road Impacts on Bears in Florida

Vegetation & Roadsides

• Adirondack Park GIS Interactive Non-Native Invasive Plant Species Project
• Effects of Soil Disturbance from road works on Roadside Shrub Populations in South-Eastern Australia
• Forest Roads Reengineering to restore Riparian Meadow Conditions in the Zuni Mountains of New Mexico
• Hydrologic, Geomorphic and Ecological Impacts of Road Removal
• Intensity of Human Use, Back county Roads and Analysis of Human Accessibility
• Management of a Federally Listed Plant Species in the Highway Right of Way
• Protecting and Restoring Riparian Area Structure and Function Along Forest Highways and Low Volume Roads
• Roadside Review of Vegetation Problems, Policy, and Applied Research
• The Adirondack Invasive Plants Project

Technology Applications for Planning & Assessment

• Assessing the Impact of Roads on Animal Population Viability
• Efficient Transportation Decision Making: Florida's ETDM Process
• ElectroBraid Fencing for Use as a Deer Barrier
• Florida's Environmental Screening Tool: Laying the Technology Foundation for Efficient Transportation Decision Making
• Impacts of Intensity of Human Use on Grizzly Bear Habitat Selection
• Integration of GIS and GPS to Showcase Endangered Species and Transportation Initiatives in Georgia
• Mapping Wildlife Needs in Florida: The Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System
• Modeling the environmental Impacts of the transportation Sector in Hawaii
• Oregon Department of Transportation's Salmon Resource and Sensitive Area Mapping Project-A High-Tech Procedure for Capturing, Synthesizing and Displaying Biological Resource Data
• Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology to Study the Impacts of Roads on Canada's National Parks
• Utilizing Geographic Information System Throughout the Design and Permitting Process

Environmental Stewardship & Context-Sensitive Solutions

• Auditing and Control Programs: Putting EIA Recommendations for Ecological Impacts Prevention in Practice
• Blue Ball Properties: Initiating Responsible Environmental Stewardship
• Building Partnerships for Incorporating Roadside Environmental stewardship Best Practices Into Highway Maintenance Programs
• Context Sensitive Approach to Highway Development in Coastal Louisiana
• Effectiveness of Forest Road Best Management Practices to Enhance and Protect Water Quality in the Southern Appalachians
• Federal Lands Highway Experience and Initiatives with Context-Sensitive Solutions
• Geosynthetics Facilitate Road Construction and Mitigate Environmental Impact in Amazon Basin Rainforest: 10 Years of Performance
• Innovative and Elegantly Simple Ways to do Something for Bluebirds (And Take a Little Time Away from Transportation Maintenance Duties)
• New York State Department of Transportation Adirondack Park Projects
• Prairie Passage: A Route to Rediscovery of the North American Prairie Landscape, Culture and History
• Roadway Design with the Environment in Mind: A New Process for Pima County, Arizona

Planning for Sustainable Systems

• Addressing "Behind the Scenes” Ecological Concerns associated with the Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of an Urban Transportation System: A New York City Transit Perspective on Sustainability
• Measures Applied to Mitigate Habitat Fragmentation in Spain
• Planning for Sustainable transport System: Targets and Indicators for Natural and Cultural Heritage Values in the Transport System
• The Emergence of “Road Ecology”

Process Streamlining

• Balancing the Needs of Transportation and the Environment: Successes and On-going Challenges for the Transportation Liaison Program at the USFWS in Washington State
• Regional Planning and Habitat Conservation Plans for Transportation Streamlining: Big Picture Concepts for Long-Term Benefits
• Streamlining the Review of Routine Transportation Projects that Require ESA Section 7 review through the Development of a Programmatic Consultation