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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		More Than Mundane: As Climate Warms, A New Focus On Culverts For Trout Survival, Road Durability
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:02
	Publish Date:		2019-10-10 14:41:46
	Description:		Few drivers zipping along Northwoods roads probably think about the culverts they cross, culverts sending stream water underneath the pavement or gravel. Instead, it’s Jon Simonsen’s job to worry about the structures, which play a major role in both transportation and fish habitat. “People don’t give a culvert much thought, and they’ll pass over it. But they think about it a lot when the road is washed out and the road has failed,” said Simonsen, a DNR transportation liaison. “So that’s when it has become significant.” For example, heavy storms, flooding, and washouts made much of Wisconsin’s Lake Superior region impassable three years ago. Standing above a culvert on Drake Creek Lane just northwest of Crandon, Simonsen said the issue is often simple. Many culverts are just too small to handle the amount of water they may face. “Yeah, that’s the biggest problem. The culverts are much narrower than the water that the stream tries to carry,” he said. There are more than 265,000 places
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