Rep. Ken Walsh speaks during a bill signing ceremony at the Jens exit of I-90 near Goldcreek, Montana on Monday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Jordan Hansen / Daily Montanan)

Montana motorists have a higher risk of hitting an animal while driving the state’s roads than almost anywhere else in the country and two new laws seek to address the problem.

Research from State Farm indicates Montanans have the second-highest chance of striking an animal of any state in the country.

Wildlife crossings over and under roads have been a solution some states in the Western U.S. look to. Sometimes those crossings are bridges with grasses and bushes on them, and other times they’re small pipes underneath roadways that turtles can wander through. House Bill 855 and House Bill 932, tandem legislation, created an acco

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