RoadWatchBC
May 12, 2016
Road Watch BC was developed to report wildlife sightings along major highways in an effort to reduce wildlife vehicle collisions. Information on wildlife sightings collected by the public will lead to development of informed strategies to better understand where wildlife are commonly crossing, involved in collisions or moving adjacent to the highway. Road Watch BC's FREE app and associated on-line mapping tool will increase efficiency, accuracy and ease of data collection, and ultimately generate a dataset to be used to inform strategies to improve wildlife movement and both wildlife and human safety. You may load the IPhone app to your mobile device by searching the App Store for 'Roadwatch BC' or clicking here.
How to Participate? There are three ways for you to participate in Road Watch BC:
- Option 1: If you are a passenger in a vehicle driving in SE BC, download the RoadWatchBC smartphone app and record your sightings of wildlife along the highways.
- Option 2: if you are a driver, remember where, when and what you saw while driving along the highways in SE BC and record your observation using the on-line mapping tool.
- Option 3: If you are a passenger that regularly takes a consistent highway route in SE BC, consider signing up to drive a specified route (defined starting and end points agreed upon by local project coordinator). This option enables us to record volunteer effort because you record when you are on your specified route even when you don't see any wildlife.
To learn more and request a training session please contact info@roadwatchbc.ca.
