In December, the Federal Highway Administration awarded the first grants under a new $125 million Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.

The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered species list.

I’m very concerned about the deregulation and the focus on corporate profits,” says the former head of the EPA program.

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