For one moment there I thought Amazon had done a good thing!

We just had our first bear crossing on a wildlife here in the Northwest.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/first-black-bear-u...

I know these things are more complicated than they seem at first, but whenever these stories surface, I immediately go to an idealistic childhood cartoon land where we have a prime directive that tells us to go forth(!) and watch out for each other!

I remember reading that back in the day North America used to have more trees and dense vegetation that squirrels rarely touched the ground since that was more dangerous for them, so they would use the trees like highways.

Just wanna say, Monga Bay is an incredible publication that doesn't get enough attention. As someone who follows a lot of environmental news, they routinely cover important topics and do original journalism on stories I hear nowhere else. Their YouTube channel is full of extremely high quality videos that often get less than 2k views. I would highly recommend checking them out

https://www.youtube.com/@MongabayTV/videos

Here's a few of my favorites:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2rfy9HkzSs

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZEkt4Ph41M

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXNzOUI7Xw

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMeui4P6urY

California would find a much more expensive solution that worked far less well. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing cost an estimated $115M--a total waste of tax payer funds. Bravo to this practical and effective solution.