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Pepper Trail

Pepper Trail

Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He is a conservationist who writes in Oregon.

COMMENTARY
Deer stand in a field in South Dakota. (Courtesy of SD Department of Game, Fish and Parks)

Something we can all agree on: Crossings reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions

By: - March 27, 2023

A deer stands paralyzed in the middle of a mountain highway, stunned by the lights and deafening roar of an 18-wheeler barreling toward it. At the last second, the deer leaps back into the forest. This time, the deer and the trucker avoid a fatal collision, but this stretch of Interstate 5 in southern Oregon […]