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Environment & Climate

What We’re Reading: Building a Massive Wildlife Corridor From Fragmented Lands

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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Crossing to safety Habitat loss is a major problem for wildlife. But so is habitat fragmentation, caused by highways and other infrastructure. Reconnecting habitat is the motivation behind such projects as the massive wildlife overpass being built across the 101 Freeway in California, as Contributing Editor

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