Working Together Works: From conflict to cooperation in the Cascade Mountains, USA

Written By Darryl Jones, IENE Scientific and expert comittee member, Professor Emeritus at Griffith University, Director Maarifa Foundation

The spectacular overpass over the I-90 in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle is one of the US’s most celebrated wildlife crossing structures. But it started with equally spectacular conflicts. How seemingly impossible differences were overcome provides hope and a way forward for similar projects.

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