Animal blood, entrails litter local roads
By BRIAN OUVO
Collegian Staff Writer
Half-eaten deer carcasses,
squashed squirrels and flattened
fowl have proven to be obstacles
for drivers and pedestrians travel
ing in and around State College.
Driving along Interstate 80 or
U.S. Route 322, drivers are often
forced to veer to the side of the
road to avoid hitting dead animals.
Roadkill is a problem in Centre
County, especially on the more
rural roads just outside of down
town State College.
But, there is a group of people
who work to relieve the worries of
drivers who navigate on these
roadkill-infested streets.
"Crews are sent out on a daily
basis to clean up the roadkill as
quickly as possible." said Lugene
Keys, district community relations
coordinator at the Centre County
Department of Transportation.
The Department of Transporta
tion divides dead animals into two
categories deerkill and other
animal roadkill, Keys said.
Deerkill, which is primarily lo
cated on the interstate highways, is
monitored by the County Depart
ment of Transportation in coopera
tion with the Pennsylvania Game
Commission.
When workers spot deer on the
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"Crews are sent out on a daily basis to clean up the
roadkill as quickly as possible."
Lugene Keys
district community relations coordinator, Centre County
Department of Transportation
road, Keys said, the deer are
dragged to the side of the road with
meat hooks and left there.
If the roadway does not have an
available plot of land where the
carcass can be placed to decay nat
urally, the workers will pick up the
deer and find another location
where it can be properly disposed
of, Keys said.
While the Department of Trans
portation tries to pick up deerkill
as quickly as possible, some Uni
versity students said the process
takes too long.
Isaac Itenberg (freshman-inter
national business) said the large
amount of roadkill in the area is
potentially harmful to drivers.
"Driving back and forth on Route
80 from my hometown in New
York, I see a countless number of
deer on the road," Itenberg said.
"Not only is it an eyesore, but it
can be dangerous for drivers as
well."
For people who want to reduce
the amount of roadkill, Keys said
they can assist the Department of
Transportation by calling in and
reporting the roadkill.
Crews will immediately be sent
to the location and will speed up
the entire cleanup process, she
said.
Roadkill is not limited to the
interstate highways outside of
town. Many local residents said it
is impossible to walk or drive down
the street without having to dodge
a squashed squirrel or a mutilated
cat.
Jo Wilson, who works in State
College, said she sees the problems
of local roadkill on a daily basis.
"There's always a dead skunk on
Park Avenue by the Agriculture
Building. This area of campus has
an abundance of roadkill that lies
there for days." Wilson said.
Richard Waltz, supervisor of
streets and sewers in State College,
agreed that there is a plethora of
roadkill in State College.
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"Roadkill is a problem that exists
right here on the local roads of the
borough," he said. "At times, ani
mals lie in the road until the citi
zens report the animals. This can
often take days."
That is because State College
roadkill pick up operates on a call
in system only, he said.
Once the animals are actually
picked up by the sanitation crews,
they are thrown in the back of a
truck, which then transports them
to a local transfer station, Waltz
said.
His work on the sanitation crews
has left Waltz with vivid memories
of working with roadkill.
"I would be working at the dump,
and trucks with the roadkill would
come in, and we'd be responsible
for burying the animals," he said.
From his years of experience,
Waltz said the problem of roadkill
can be less of a nuisance if the citi
zens of State College cooperate
with the Department of Public
Works.
"Many people in the area are
unaware that roadkill is picked up
on a call-in basis only," he said. "If
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number of dead animals on the
pavement, it is up to you to call the
animals in. I'll then send my crews
right over."
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