Crossing roads is a risk wildlife must take to move through their habitat. In partnership with Eco-Kare International, the Biosphere coordinates a Wildlife Road Watch crew to protect these animals.

Wildlife Road Watch staff organize citizen scientists to record roadkill and animal crossings locations—these observations show which roads are collision hotspots. The team then encourages local governments to install turtle nesting mounds, wildlife underpasses and roadside fencing as part of their existing road maintenance master plan. 

In 2024, the Road Watch crew, in partnership Long Point Eco Adventures, also operated a turtle hatchery. A group of 31 Wildlife Road Watch volunteers raised and released over a thousand turtles that year.

The staff coordinators are Kari Gunson and Lauren Nightingale. They can be contacted at kegunson@eco-kare.com and lnightingale@eco-kare.com.