Wolverines in Europe have been known to tolerate much more human distrubance than what we believe that their North American cousins can deal with...........Now we learn that one of our Wolverines has crossed the Trans-Canada Highway............Is there hope that these tough little "bearcats" can somehow adapt to our landscape manipulations and persist into the longterm?

Wolverine Makes First Known Trans-Canada Highway Crossing

 by Brett Israel, OurAmazingPlanet.com

After 15 years of looking left, then right, then left again, a wolverine has finally made its run across the Trans-Canada Highway.

The wolverine didn't run through traffic. The critter was caught by a wildlife camera while scampering over a special "wildlife overpass" along a stretch of highway in Banff National Park. The brave wolverine made the first recorded crossing of a wolverine overpass in the 15 years since they were built, reported the Rocky Mountain Outlook. The system of multimillion-dollar overpasses was built over the highway to reduce wildlife deaths.

"We've had wolverines using the underpasses before, but never an overpass, and any time a wolverine crosses the highway is big news," Trevor Kinley, a Parks Canada wildlife biologist, told the Rocky Mountain Outlook.