When Cascade Crossroads was finished, the actual wildlife overpass was not completely built, and WSDOT, USFS and others still had plenty to do to finish that and other aspects of this phase of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project. While the overpass infrastructure was completed in 2018, work such as adding all the dirt for the natural landscaping and hardscaping wasn’t finished until 2019. Finally, in summer and fall of 2020, the last of the planting of natives plants was completed! Under the supervision of USFS biologist Kelly Evans and Patty Garvey-Darda, native planting was done by Wildlands, a company out of Richland, WA. Wildlife have already begun to use all the passages, including lots of elk, deer, coyotes, bobcats, fishers, and even the first cougar. Follow WSDOT’s social media pages to see amazing remote camera footage of the wildlife in action. Thank you to Kelly Evans, Mark Norman, Patty Garvey-Darda, Brian White and everyone at Wildlands for your hospitality in letting me finish documenting these final processes! Hopefully all the native plants will survive the winter, and the elk looking for snacks as they cross. WSDOT is in the design stage of the next phase of the I-90 SPE, which will include more wildlife underpassages and at least one more overpass closer to Easton.