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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 323<\/a> and 672<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61451,"section_number":"10.1-1188.1","catch_line":"Department of Transportation to consider wildlife corridors","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1188.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193387,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63536,"identifier":"29.1-578","token":"29.1\/5\/8\/29.1-578","url":"\/29.1-578\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-578\/","token":"29.1\/5\/8\/29.1-578","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-578","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Human-caused barrier<\/span>” means a road, culvert, fence, wall, commercial or residential development, or other human-made structure that has the potential to affect the natural movement of fish or wildlife across a landscape.\n\t\t“Plan<\/span>” means the Wildlife Corridor<\/span> Action Plan<\/span> established pursuant to this article.\n\t\t“Wildlife corridor<\/span>” means an area connecting fragmented wildlife habitats separated by human activities or infrastructure.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 29.1-578)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Human-caused barrier” means a road, culvert, fence, wall,\ncommercial or residential development, or other human-made structure that has\nthe potential to affect the natural movement of fish or wildlife across a\nlandscape.\n\t\t“Plan” means the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan established\npursuant to this article.\n\t\t“Wildlife corridor” means an area connecting fragmented wildlife\nhabitats separated by human activities or infrastructure.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 323, 672.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}