Wildlife-vehicle collisions along busy state Highway 75 through the Wood River Valley, which kill over 100 deer and elk annually, could be reduced by installing high-tech animal-detection systems or far more costly wildlife passage structures, a researcher told local officials Thursday.
Along the scenic 26-mile stretch of highway between Timmerman Junction and Ketchum, thousands of weekday commuters make daily pilgrimages. Invisible to many of them is a daily pilgrimage of an entirely different sort that sends critters large and small across the busy highway. Many of the attempted crossings result in the sudden collision of moving automobile and wildlife.
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