Get the audiobooks you want for less at Audio Book Club. Choose 4 audiobooks for only 1 penny when you become a member. It's not as steep as Teton Pass or as notorious as Donner Pass, but our own Bozeman Pass produces its fair share of white-knuckle driving. But weather isn't the only hazard facing drivers on the pass. Commuter Jeff Ball of Bozeman, who negotiates the pass nearly every day on his way to work in Livingston, says, I ve seen quite a few accidents up there, and the most dramatic ones seem to happen during the summer.
Traffic volume is high, and summer drivers tend to drive at excessive speeds.
Jeff has begun to keep a road-kill log, to test his theory that collisions with wildlife make up a good portion of the 130 or so accidents on the pass each year. Scientists at the Craighead Environmental Research Institute in Bozeman think Jeff is on to something. Bozeman Pass is a major migratory corridor between the Yellowstone and Gallatin River drainages, and the Institute is currently monitoring wildlife deaths on the pass as well. Their research may lead to wildlife protection measures such as the installation of eight-foot high mesh fencing along the road to safely funnel deer and elk through existing underpasses. Parents must be aware of what their children are looking at on the Net and in the printed word.