Conservation Partnership
U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service
Twelve federally endangered species face significant roadway mortality risk in the U.S. Ætheris provides the real-time detection and long-term corridor data that USFWS needs to protect them.
U.S. Department of the Interior
The Alignment
Roads Are the
Front Line of Extinction
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service administers the Endangered Species Act and manages the National Wildlife Refuge system — and the species it protects face one of their most persistent threats at the road's edge.
Highway mortality contributes to the fragmentation of wildlife populations, disrupts migration and breeding corridors, and in some cases represents a significant driver of local extinction risk for federally listed species.
Ætheris provides USFWS with something that has never existed before: real-time collision prevention plus longitudinal corridor intelligence — the data to understand where species are, when they're at risk, and whether intervention is working.
The Stakes
Species That Need
Sentinel Protection
Examples of the federally listed and at-risk species for which Ætheris corridor deployments provide direct protection — detected, warned against, and tracked in real time.
What Ætheris Brings
Our Offer to USFWS
Conservation technology that works at highway speed — detecting, protecting, and documenting species in real time while building the long-term data record USFWS needs for recovery planning.
Species-Level Classification
On-device AI classifies detected animals against a library of 47+ species — distinguishing deer from bear from tortoise — enabling targeted alerting and species-specific data collection relevant to recovery mandates.
Real-Time Collision Prevention
PathSign alerts fire the moment a species is confirmed near the road — giving approaching drivers the warning needed to slow or stop before a strike. Every prevented collision is a conservation win.
Longitudinal Corridor Movement Data
Every detection event builds a long-term record of species movement patterns — when, where, how frequently, and which species are crossing. Data that has never existed for most U.S. wildlife corridors.
Migration & Habitat Fragmentation Analysis
Corridor event data supports analysis of habitat connectivity, migration timing, and fragmentation effects — informing USFWS recovery planning, wildlife crossing site selection, and habitat corridor prioritization.
Wildlife Database Connectivity
CorridorLink's open API can integrate with USFWS wildlife databases and tracking systems — feeding Ætheris detection data into existing species monitoring frameworks without data duplication.
Custom Species Training
Species classification models can be trained and deployed for specific at-risk species within weeks — allowing USFWS to prioritize detection for locally critical species in any new corridor deployment.
What USFWS Brings
What This Partnership
Unlocks for Both Sides
Conservation Technology Funding
USFWS administers conservation technology grants and cooperative agreement funding — providing financial pathways for Ætheris deployment in national wildlife refuge corridors and critical habitat zones.
Priority Habitat Corridor Data
USFWS maintains the most comprehensive data on critical habitat designations and movement corridors in the country — enabling Ætheris to deploy where conservation impact is greatest.
Wildlife Biology Expertise
USFWS field biologists bring species-specific knowledge that improves Ætheris detection models — understanding how specific species move, when they cross, and what triggers crossing behavior.
National Wildlife Refuge Access
NWR boundary roads adjacent to refuges are high-priority deployment sites. USFWS partnership facilitates access and coordination for refuge-adjacent highway corridor installations.
Tribal Nation Relationships
USFWS's established relationships with tribal nations — who manage lands that cross some of the most critical wildlife corridors — create a trusted pathway for Ætheris deployment on tribal highways.
Conservation Community Credibility
USFWS partnership signals to the broader conservation community that Ætheris is a trusted, mission-aligned technology — opening relationships with NGOs, land trusts, and conservation advocates.
Begin the Conversation
Every Species We Detect
Is One We Protect
We're seeking USFWS partnership to deploy Sentinels of the Wild in priority habitat corridors and build the species movement database that conservation planning has always needed.