The updated FHWA Range-wide Programmatic Agreement that includes tricolored bats was released in December 2024. To summarize changes:

• Most tree clearing is considered suitable habitat.
• Bridges within suitable forested habitat are considered suitable roost habitat.
• Culverts with inside diameters of at least 3 feet and at least 23 feet long are considered suitable roost habitat.
• More projects will be submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Mitigation costs have increased.
• Most winter tree clearing can start two weeks earlier than the current timeframe.
• Olsson
  • Mark Sowers ([email protected]) and Kyleen Kelly ([email protected])
• Kimley-Horn
  • Aaron Stolte ([email protected]) and Cassie Baumgartner ([email protected])

If you have questions, please reach out to one of MoDOT's in-house consultants for endangered species: