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How The Pronghorn Crossed The Road

AUG 22, 2018
Officials in Wyoming are building bridges in the hopes of restoring the migratory path of the pronghorn.
How The Pronghorn Crossed The Road

Video By: Annie Roth

Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope make 170-mile-long migrations across Wyoming’s rugged landscape. But making these migrations means running a gauntlet of country roads and busy highways. There was a time when hundreds of migrating pronghorn died crossing roads each year, but that number has plummeted thanks to an ambitious project by Wyoming Department of Transportation.

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