{"id":72611,"date":"2026-04-25T06:56:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/californias-wildlife-bridge-became-a-target-for-the-right-now-its-eyeing-the-finish-line\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T06:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:56:48","slug":"californias-wildlife-bridge-became-a-target-for-the-right-now-its-eyeing-the-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/californias-wildlife-bridge-became-a-target-for-the-right-now-its-eyeing-the-finish-line\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s wildlife bridge became a target for the right. Now it\u2019s eyeing the finish line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unhindered by critics who called the $114m project \u2018a bridge to nowhere\u2019, a gigantic bridge allowing animals to cross a busy freeway is close to completion<\/p>\n<p>Atop a gigantic wildlife bridge in California this week, butterflies filled the air. A red-tailed hawk sailed above as a slight breeze ruffled the 6,000 native plants, including poppies and purple sage. You\u2019d never guess that below the quiet expanse of rocks and plants, a 10-lane freeway ferries 400,000 cars each day.<\/p>\n<p>When the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/06\/la-wildlife-freeway-crossing\">broke ground<\/a> four years ago, enthusiasm was high. The wildlife crossing in northern Los Angeles county would be the largest of its kind in the world, providing safe passage for mountain lions, bobcats and lizards.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/25\/california-wildlife-crossing-construction\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unhindered by critics who called the $114m project \u2018a bridge to nowhere\u2019, a gigantic bridge allowing animals to cross a busy freeway is close to completion Atop a gigantic wildlife bridge in California this week, butterflies filled the air. A red-tailed hawk sailed above as a slight breeze ruffled the 6,000 native plants, including poppies &#8230; <a title=\"California\u2019s wildlife bridge became a target for the right. Now it\u2019s eyeing the finish line\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/californias-wildlife-bridge-became-a-target-for-the-right-now-its-eyeing-the-finish-line\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about California\u2019s wildlife bridge became a target for the right. Now it\u2019s eyeing the finish line\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}