Wildlife Fence Troubles Tijeras Officials Officials with the village of Tijeras are taking on a fence. The five-mile-long wildlife fence along Interstate 40 near Tijeras designed to reduce the number of collisions between vehicles and wildlife is not just something of an eyesore, and it may be making things worse, according to Mayor Gloria Chavez. She said she and some of the village councilors feel that animals that used to cross the freeway hit the fence, become confused and linger around Tijeras. Chavez added that she thinks the wildlife may be hanging around Old Route 66, which is not fenced, and getting hit there. According to the Department of Game and Fish, there have been only a handful of collisions, two deer and a bear, since the fence went up in summer of 2007, but Chavez said she doesn't think all the collisions are being reported. "We need to compile more data," she said, "We just don't want to see wildlife getting killed, first of all, and then (wildlife) lingering here … especially with the safety of the kids at school." She referred to an incident in August when Roosevelt Middle School and A. Montoya Elementary School were on lockdown for over an hour....