WildView

🦌 Deer and cars meet on highways across the country: about 1.1 million deer-related insurance claims a year in the U.S. I wanted to see what that looks like on one road I know well.

So I built an interactive map of I-81 from the Virginia line to Carlisle, PA: 90 miles through West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. My estimate is about 700 deer killed a year on that stretch alone, one every 13 hours, and about 4 a day in November.

Wildlife crossings, overpasses and underpasses with fencing that guide animals safely over or under the road, cut these crashes by 80–97% where they've been built. Wherever you live, you probably have a stretch of road like this.

📍 If you drive I-81 around Martinsburg, Hagerstown, Chambersburg or Carlisle, I need your help:
✅ Report struck deer you see on the map (from a safe spot, never while driving)
✅ Tell me in the comments which stretch you think is the worst
✅ Share this with someone who drives it every day

Not local? Tell me where the worst stretch for deer is near you. 👇

How many deer die on I-81? | Room to Cross About 700 deer a year on 90 miles of I-81 through WV, MD and PA. Explore the map mile by mile.

This Coyote Couple Has Been Together for Years 🐺
https://youtube.com/shorts/OLoKaUkxqZM?feature=share

https://gladfelter.gumroad.com/l/tngjcw

Field Notes — a naturalist's field journal Field Notes — a naturalist's field journalA field journal built for photographers who actually shoot outdoors — log what you saw, where, and when, without digging through camera folders to piece it back together later. Log entries with a photo or short video clip, species name, and notes — cam...

Love seeing them!
https://youtube.com/shorts/y6cIOxGJF9o?si=MCzmB-7cY8Gwg_7A