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Evaluating the use of Highway Corridors by Monarch Butterflies.

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The study would determine if Monarchs are attracted to vegetation within highway rights-of-way, if this attraction is due to milkweed species being present, and would estimate roadside mortality. Tasks required…

Creating Optimal Passageways for Desert Wildlife in Fragmented Habitat

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Roads inhibit the movement of many terrestrial species, including mammals and reptiles, by increasing mortality or through avoidance by wildlife (Trombulak and Frissell 2000). In many cases, evidence for use…

Best Practices for Mitigation of potential flood risk for transportation projects

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

The proposed study would incorporate No Adverse Impact floodplain management and mitigation into future planned transportation projects. The objective is to evaluate potential flood risk for transportation projects early in…

Comprehensive and Multi-Modal Transportation Evaluation Framework

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Develop a set of resources for comprehensive and multi-modal evaluation of transportation projects, similar to the following: DfT (2006), Transport Analysis Guidance, Integrated Transport Economics and Appraisal, Department for Transport…

Template for a Categorical Finding for Particulate Matter

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Federal and state objectives for streamlining project development may be supported in general by the development and implementation of programmatic agreements (PAs) and, where federal requirements for transportation conformity apply,…

Using experiments and long term data for optimal wetland mitigation

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Wetlands are among the world’s most ecologically productive and economically important environments, but they are also one of the world’s most endangered environments. Approximately 53% of wetlands in the lower…

The effects of pile driving on the Atlantic Shortnose Strugeon

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

With the 2012 listing of the Atlantic Shortnose Sturgeon to the threatened and endangered species list the Virginia Department of Transportation has had to produce two noise analyses for a…

Microhabitat Analysis of Bat Roosting locations on Bridges Across the United States

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

To better understand the microhabitat preferred by roosting bats on bridges; I propose a nationwide (random selection) of bridges across the US. A comprehensive, multi-year analysis would need to be…

working with NGOs, Farmers, Miners and Animals

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

allow the UN to lead our website and developments, fighting terror, anti green associations and protecting markets.

Highway runoff characterization and assessment through sediment fingerprinting

By ahardingMay 7, 2021Leave a comment

Runoff associated with highways and roads has been identified as a major source of fine sediment entering water bodies. Sediment removal methods include sediment traps, hydrodynamic and filtration devices, sediment…

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