Road Ecology Center

The Slaty Creek Wildlife Underpass was built into the Calder Freeway, Macedon, Victoria, to facilitate safe passage for species between forest block, now affected by this new section of freeway through the Black Forest. A 12-month monitoring regime was established, consisting of 14 monitoring methods to detect a variety of animals. Intensive sampling was conducted for one week per month, within the underpass, and with two control sites on either side of the underpass, along the Slaty Creek. The monitoring sampled for mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, encountering a total of 116 species within the Black Forest region, with most of these also being detected within the underpass.