BB-12 was the first Santa Monica Mountains bear collared and tracked by the National Park Service. Source of this article, the Thousand Oaks Acorn, July 28, 2023 A young black bear was struck and killed while attempting to cross the Conejo Grade on the 101 Freeway Thursday night, authorities said. Read more…
A bear was killed Thursday evening while crossing the 5 Freeway near Castaic, the second such fatality in the area in a week, according to authorities. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2023 The black bear was struck by multiple vehicles around 10:30 p.m. on the Read more…
Tracks and a GPS tracker confirmed that a rare black bear spotted in the Santa Monica Mountains made its way to the beaches in Malibu, officials said. He now seems to be headed north. Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2023 A black bear living in Read more…
Vehicle strikes, rat poison, inbreeding, urban encroachment and wildfire are contributing to an ‘extinction vortex’ for mountain lions. Source of this story: The Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2023 In the last eight years there have been 535 mountain lions reported killed on California highways — a steady toll of Read more…
Sierra Nevada parcel will test ways to reduce mega fires and increase snowpack Source of this article, the Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2015 Forest ecologists finally got their wish: an entire private landscape on which to test methods of tree thinning and controlled burns to reduce risk of mega Read more…
The 200-pound animal was subdued with tranquilizers and released in Los Padres National Forest. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2007 A 200-pound black bear that wandered into a neighborhood near downtown Ventura this week was safely subdued and returned to the Los Padres National Forest, Read more…
Some Bradbury residents say it should be a wake-up call for the city to take a more hands-on approach to dealing with the animals. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2007 Those who live against the San Gabriel Mountains in Bradbury and surrounding foothill neighborhoods are Read more…
The search has been called off for a bear seen near the Westlake High School campus, officials said today. Source of this article – Ventura County Star, May 23, 2006 By staff reports Shortly before 10:30 a.m. today, a bear was sighted near Via Colinas in Thousand Oaks; nearly an Read more…