"By the end of this decade, mountain lions, deer and other wildlife that live in the Santa Cruz Mountains will have their own protected passage across the notoriously dangerous Highway 17 when Northern California’s first major 'wildlife corridors' are constructed to cut down on road kills and enhance driver safety."
Two new tunnels under the highway – one near Lexington Reservoir in Santa Clara County, the other near Laurel Curve in Santa Cruz County – will provide much-needed links in an area where construction and development have fragmented wildlife habitat, connecting two major wilderness areas where animals roam for food, mates and new territory.
Funding from the foundation’s San Francisco Bay Area Program’s conservation work will support construction of the Laurel Curve tunnel.
For more on this project, see the story by Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury News: New tunnels in Santa Cruz Mountains will provide cougars safe passage.
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