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title: "Field Data Collection App: Biological Surveys Aid Road Construction"
description: Accurate field data collection using electronic biological surveys aid road construction planners in determining best placement for wildlife crossings.
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# [Field Data Collection App: Biological Surveys Aid Road Construction](https://blog.wildnoteapp.com/field-data-collection-app-biological-surveys-aid-road-construction)

 Written by [Anita Henry](https://blog.wildnoteapp.com/author/anita-henry) | Oct 17, 2018 7:51:00 AM

# Best Practices Elevate Wildlife Crossings

Dr. Winston Vickers is doing more than trying to save a few isolated populations of mountain lions in southern California, USA. He’s pairing hard science and data in an effort to establish and share best practices for how we consider wildlife, and the barriers we put before them. As an associate veterinarian at the *[Wildlife Health Center](https://www2.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/whc/) *at UC Davis and co-principal investigator of the [*Southern California Mountain Lion Study*](https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/southern-california-mountain-lions-genetic-connectivity-dangerously-low/), he's using new technology, precise monitoring, and solid science to help researchers and planners better understand and protect the big cats and their habitat. Developing best practices to accurately site wildlife crossings should improve the odds of survival of at-risk populations.

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