A wildlife crossing is proposed for Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Amid recent reports of two mountain lions dying on the highway, many communities are turning to wildlife crossings and fencing to reduce roadkill.

People view highways as a way to move from Point A to Point B, but to the animals that inhabit either side of a busy roadway, the lanes are a potentially deadly barrier. Between 2016 and 2023, there have been at least 613 reports of mountain lions killed by oncoming traffic, according to the UC Davis Road Ecology Center. Over the last month there have been two mountain lions found dead on L.A.

The others named by the center were Highway 50 in Eldorado County, Interstate 680 in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, Interstate 280 on the San Francisco Peninsula, Highway 101 in Marin County and Highway 49 in Placer and Nevada counties. McCauley said the mountain lions and other animals that roam either side of Highway 17 need 'uninterrupted space' to create their dens, mate and hunt for food.

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