Reptile tunnels & fencing

Six Mile Lake Conservationist Club a few years back was responsible for one of the first reptile tunnels being erected. The club was founded by my oldest sister,Anne, who lives at Six Mile,and consisted of 3 sisters and my son.  A road by cottagers was destined to go right through a species at risk habitat. A hibernaculum. Working with MNR and cottagers brought forth this ultimatum. Build it right or don't build it. It cost them a lot of money but if they wanted a road they had to do it. And do it only during winter months. Success. It was a battle but it was a hibernaculum to a few species that were listed and where they hibernated and used daily during spring/summer/fall as well. This is during the construction of this project & the finished product. It has proven to work. No road kill casualties since.

                                                       The tunnel itself being put in.

   This is a bridge built on same road. Another tunnel but much bigger. Culvert underneath it for animals big and small to pass through.

                                             A look at the tunnel from a different angle.

                 The grid over the tunnel allowing light to pass through it to the area below.

      The road is lined with reptile fencing that must be maintained year round to stop reptiles and          amphibians to cross forcing them to use the reptile tunnel. It works.