Southern Oregon University
$50,000  Klamath Mountains 

This project will engage the local community, especially SOU students, in monitoring wildlife use of the Interstate-5 corridor in southern Oregon prior to construction of the Mariposa wildlife overpass within the Siskiyou Crest COA and directly adjacent to the Soda Mountain COA. This data is essential to enable future analysis of the efficacy of the wildlife overpass by comparing species use and diversity before and after construction in both impacted and “control” sites along I-5. As an outcome, we will provide information relevant to the stated goals of these COA’s to “restore connectivity across I5 for Pacific Fisher and other mobile species”.