{"id":119385,"date":"2014-06-25T19:53:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/drivers-slow-down-for-flycatcher\/"},"modified":"2014-06-25T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:53:11","slug":"drivers-slow-down-for-flycatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/drivers-slow-down-for-flycatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers, slow down for flycatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy US Fish and Wildlife<br><br>CDOT adjusted the construction schedule on U.S. 145 to protect the endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Timing for the project was adjusted to limit disruption of nesting habits of the Southwestern willow flycatcher, said CDOT representative Nancy Shank.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitial roughing of the road needed to take place before the bird arrives in the area,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is why there is a delay between the first phase and actual paving.\u201d<\/p>\n

People have questioned why there\u2019s a construction zone between Cortez and Dolores with a 40 mph speed zone even though no apparent work is being done.<\/p>\n

CDOT\u2019s environmental officials required the altered timing of the project, Shank said, and she asked that the public be patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road has been roughed up pretty good, and it is required to have a lower speed limit for public safety. Motorcycles especially need to use caution,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Paving begins July 21, at the Colorado 145 bridge in Dolores and moves south in 2-mile sections. It\u2019s scheduled to be done in August.<\/p>\n

Shank said be prepared for delays, slow going, and alternating traffic during the paving process. As for the bird disruption, \u201cthat is part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 1995, the Southwestern willow flycatcher has been listed as endangered, meaning extinction is imminent.<\/p>\n

The bird is down to an estimated 900 to 1,300 breeding pairs across the Southwest.<\/p>\n

After migrating to Central America for the winter, the small bird returns to the Southwest in spring to breed and raise young in willows, shrubs and small trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

courtesy US Fish and Wildlife<br><br>CDOT adjusted the construction schedule on U.S. 145 to protect the endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher.du1-i-syn Timing for the project was adjusted to limit disruption of nesting habits of the Southwestern willow flycatcher, said CDOT representative Nancy Shank. \u201cInitial roughing of the road needed to take place before the bird arrives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6363],"tags":[188,13],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-119385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ds-news","tag-dolores-star","tag-frontpage-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119385"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=119385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}