Wildlife Corridors Act: Grants for Landowners and Safer Roads for Migration.
This Act aims to protect and restore animal migration routes to conserve biodiversity and help ecosystems adapt to climate change. For citizens, this means potentially safer roads through federally coordinated construction of wildlife crossings, and the availability of grants for voluntary conservation projects on private lands, with property rights fully protected.
Key points
Establishes federal programs to map and manage wildlife corridors on public lands and waters.
Authorizes funding for building wildlife crossings (underpasses, overpasses) on roads to reduce vehicle-wildlife collisions and improve public safety.
Creates a grant program ($75 million annually authorized) for private landowners, organizations, and tribes to fund voluntary habitat connectivity projects on non-federal land.
Explicitly prohibits the use of eminent domain or imposing restrictions on private land without the owner's consent.
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