Federal funding for wildlife crossing near Ashland paused

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Federal funding for wildlife crossing near Ashland paused

A $33 million grant to build a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 south of Ashland is on hold while the Trump administration reviews transportation funding.Oregon transportation officials are unsure how new policies around federal grants could affect $33 million that’s supposed to be used to build a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5.The money was announced late last year. The crossing would allow animals to safely pass between two major wild …