2-year old lion part of baby boom Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 29, 2022 A mountain lion known by researchers to be born during the Santa Monica Mountains’ famed “Summer of Kittens” two years ago died on the 101 Freeway the morning of July 18. The Read more…
P-54 was struck around 9:30 a.m. in the Santa Monica Mountains. Her mother was killed in 2018, and one of her sons was killed just two months ago. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2022. A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday Read more…
On Friday, Earth Day, hundreds of conservationists and legislators gathered with joy and a sense of triumph on a weedy hill overlooking the Liberty Canyon Road exit to break ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2022 Chalk one up Read more…
The Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing reached a new milestone in funding. Source of this article, The Thousand Oaks Acorn, Feb 4, 2021 A private party recently donated $1.4 million toward construction of the land bridge over the l01 Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills. The donation raises total funding Read more…
Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 11, 2019 King Gillette Ranch is an idyllic 588-acre parcel of parkland that sits on Las Virgenes Road opposite the entrance to Malibu Creek State Park, but its status as protected public land dates back less than 20 years. The history Read more…
Pavley, Parks among 11 female honorees Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, May 18, 2017 Spring showers and a Chumash prayer ushered in the who’s who of environmental champions honored at the second annual Santa Monica Mountains Fund spring celebration May 7 at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas. Read more…
The city of Calabasas is pushing plans for the building of the Rondell Oasis Hotel that would block access to the Juan Bautista de Anza Historic Trail (“DeAnza Trail”). The trail is designated as a National Historic Trail and got congressional approval and went to the white house in 2000. Read more…
A Stokes Canyon landowner has donated a conservation easement on 298 acres of pristine habitat to the MRCA. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, February 12, 2015 The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) preserves and manages open space, parkland and wildlife habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains Read more…
Fundraising for new corridor in Agoura Hills begins in earnest Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 25, 2014 Trying to give mountain lions more room to roam in the Santa Monica Mountains while bolstering their dwindling population, the National Wildlife Federation and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund Read more…
Liberty Canyon Road under the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills is one of the only places left in the area where mountain lions and other animals can move in and out of the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article: The Acorn, March 6, 2014 But the roadway can be Read more…