October 2024

Brake for Wildlife! Transportation Planning for Better Solutions

October 17, 2024 CCP Quarterly Meeting

This meeting was held in-person at the Chatham Community Library, Holmes Meeting Room, 197 NC-87, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Wildlife needs to move across the landscape to find habitats for breeding, foraging, and raising young. Roads are barriers to wildlife movement. The October CCP meeting focused on what state and regional organizations are doing to facilitate safe passage of wildlife under roads in Chatham County, including the Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) newly adopted Wildlife Crossings Plan, which includes eastern Chatham County. 

Meeting Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions

• Partnering for Habitat Connectivity in the Triangle

  • Brooke Massa, Conservation Biologist, NC Wildlife Resources Commission

• Guidelines for Wildlife Passage in NC

  • Travis Wilson, Eastern DOT Habitat Conservation Coordinator, NC Wildlife Resources Commission         

• Improving Roadway Safety and Wildlife Connectivity through the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Wildlife Crossings Plan (includes portions of Chatham County)

  • David Miller, Transportation Planner, Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization

Please note that this was an IN-PERSON meeting and was not recorded. 

Meeting Resources