Movie to chronicle wildlife corridors, highway systems and high-tech engineering

PABLO — "Division Street" chronicles the 'green adventure of a lifetime' - a quest to visit the most remote place from any road in the lower 48 states.

Simultaneously, the film explores the fascinating concept of wildlife corridors, the potential for 'greening' our highway system, and the fusion of high-tech engineering with the best and brightest environmental research happening today. Shot in stunning locations throughout North America including: Banff National Park, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and the Everglades.

Division Street also features Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Member and Associate Wildlife Biologist, Whisper Camel along with her research and involvement with the U.S. Highway 93 pre-construction wildlife highway crossing monitoring and now with post-construction wildlife monitoring.

Camel states that they are seeing success with the wildlife crossing structures that they are monitoring and expect to see even more use in the future.

"We are excited for the Evaro section to be nearing completion and can't wait to get our monitoring stations set up to see what will use those crossing structures," she says.

The wildlife management program is working with the Montana Department of Transportation, Western Transportation Institute, and the Federal Highway Administration on post construction monitoring and a larger-scale monitoring project is slated to begin in 2010.

Roads are the largest human artifact on the planet; they have fragmented wild landscapes, ushered in the 'age of urban sprawl,' and challenged our bedrock sense of community. But as the transportation crisis appears to be spiraling out of control, a new generation of ecologists, engineers, city-planners, and everyday citizens are transforming the future of the American road. "Division Street" is at once a portrait of ancient wilderness and new technologies as well as a call for connectivity, innovation, and solutions to shape the emerging green transportation movement.

A free showing of Division Street will occur on Friday, December 4 at the Salish Kootenai College Johnny Arlee/Victor Charlo Theatre at 6:30pm. Camel will also provide a brief presentation on the work they are doing here and will open up the floor to discussion or questions after the movie.

With so much local change going on with US 93 reconstruction come enjoy this 50 minute film on the concepts behind wildlife crossing structures and view other locations that are using these types of methods.

To view the trailer of this film please visit: http://www.divisionstreetmovie.com"