Watch for Wildlife - Wildlife Vehicle Collision tracking project invites citizen scientists and researchers to help collect data of wildlife and other species that have been hit by a vehicle, or appear to have been. Please only contribute photos that are taken when safely stopped at the side of the road, or while on foot. Please also try to get identifiable features for collision tracking data.

The purpose of the project is to collect images and records of victims of wildlife vehicle collisions, or wildlife carcasses on and near the road as they are found. The project also invites contributions of live wildlife sightings seen on or near the road to i.d. successful crossing sites and wildlife movement patterns. The focus of the project for now is Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Please contribute images and records of any species that you think may have been hit and killed by a vehicle. You may notice that there are images here not only of deer, but also of bees, butterflies and birds. On foot, these smaller species are much easier to see.

Tracking wildlife vehicle collision data can help reveal patterns of wildlife movement and crossing locations which may then be able to be used by responsible authorities and/or researchers to identify mitigation needs and issues that may not be known.

Watch for Wildlife (www.watchforwildlife.ca) is a wildlife vehicle collision prevention program of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation that encourages Nova Scotians to drive with awareness of wildlife on roads, and do what they can to prevent collisions with wildlife.

If you have images of wildlife killed on roads and you are willing to share them here, please do. The more images that are contributed, the more valuable the composite data set will be. Get involved. Our wildlife and the safety of people needs you. If you have questions, please get in touch or see or website:
www.watchforwildlife.ca - wandab@sierraclub.ca

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