This poster will focus on animal crossing funding opportunities included within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Enacted in November 2021, the IIJA creates a Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program that dedicates $350 million in federal funding over 5 years for projects to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) while improving habitat connectivity. In addition to the new pilot, the poster will share information on new, expanded, and existing programs that fund wildlife infrastructure and other mitigation countermeasures, including competitive grants such as the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program, Bridge Investment Program, Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund, National Significant Federal Lands & Tribal Projects, INFRA, and RAISE. The poster will also showcase opportunities to improve aquatic connectivity through the Restoring Fish Passage and Tribal Priority Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants, the National Fish Passage Program, and the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, & Restoration Grant Program, as well as potential opportunities to improve aquatic and terrestrial connectivity while enhancing infrastructure resiliency under the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT).
