Animal Kind Forest Underpasses O ver the past century, human population has increased manifold. In order to meet needs of this population forests have been cleared. This has put a great pressure on other animals for which forests are a home. Many are on verge of extinction. Over the last two decades extreme climate events have reminded humans that restoring forests is a way to stabilize climate. Needless to say, this is good news for forest animals. While new forests may be created, there is also a need to connect existing ones with forest corridors to increase breathing room for animals. An impediment in connecting forests or forest patches is the need for highways and railway lines that pass through them. A way to prevent this interruption is to construct a concrete underpass of a minimum length of 200 feet, a kind of tunnel through which the highway or rail line passes and over which a forest grows. A narrow corridor of forest can be protected by water channels ...
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