Description: The Short List captured the top-scoring Priority Zones of each category (Wildlife-related Safety and Ecological Value)– locations that offered the most significant potential benefits from mitigation such as building wildlife crossings. These areas are ideal candidates for large-scale standalone connectivity projects, often funded through federal grants unless they coincide with other major transportation projects that can be enhanced for wildlife passage. They can support strategic coordination of conservation efforts across agencies, jurisdictions, and partners, and focus efforts on highly recognized, named locations crucial for making substantial improvements in both ecological connectivity and wildlife-related safety.Please direct questions about this dataset to Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Biologist, Glen.Kalisz@wsdot.wa.gov
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Description: The Long List includes 157 transportation Priority Zones—each representing a contiguous stretch of highway longer than one mile and sharing underlying similarities related to safety or landscape connectivity value—identified by an Optimized Hot Spot Analysis which aggregated high Ecological Value or Wildlife-related Safety scores from the Full Highway System Rankings (i.e. Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities).Please direct questions about this dataset to Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Biologist, Glen.Kalisz@wsdot.wa.gov
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Description: A measure of connectivity value at the state highway interface that emphasizes structural habitat connectivity and biodiversity which is the product of the Landscape Connectivity Value map of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan (WAHCAP) and traffic volume. This is one of two primary categories of WSDOT's Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities (HCIP), as well as a primary product of the WAHCAP (2025). Collectively, HCIP and WAHCAP products can be used by WSDOT and partners to focus efforts to maintain or improve wildlife connectivity and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions along the state highway system. Please direct questions about this dataset to Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Biologist, Glen.Kalisz@wsdot.wa.gov
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Name: Full Hwy System Rankings - Wildlife-Related Safety
Display Field: WRSv10
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: A measure of wildlife-vehicle collision potential based primarily on five-year subsets (2019-2023) of large-bodied wildlife carcass removals and wildlife-vehicle collision reports. This is one of two primary categories of WSDOT's Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities (HCIP), as well as a primary product of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan (WAHCAP 2025). Collectively, HCIP and WAHCAP products can be used by WSDOT and partners to focus efforts to maintain or improve wildlife connectivity and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions along the state highway system. Please direct questions about this dataset to Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Biologist, Glen.Kalisz@wsdot.wa.gov
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