BOISE, Idaho — The wildlife overpass built two years ago continues to help deer and elk cross the highway, but people need to respect the crossing and not ride dirt bikes on it.

In 2004 , more than 100 deer and elk died when they fell through the ice on Lucky Peak Reservoir near the high bridge. It's an event that Roger Phillips of the Idaho Fish and Game remembers.

"It was a combination of the water being a little bit higher, and there was ice on the reservoir itself," said Phillips. "Those animals started to cross on the ice and fell through, and that was kind of the end of it; there was no way to rescue them."

The mission became prevention, and Idaho Fish and Game began installing wildlife fencing in an attempt to have the herds cross further up Mores Creek, and provided the anima

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