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Mountain lions face greater risk of becoming roadkill in wildfire’s aftermath

As mountain lions seek to avoid wildfire zones, their risks of being hit by automobiles or entering deadly conflicts with other pumas are increasing. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2022 Conservationists have long warned that Southern California mountain lions could vanish within decades due to Read more…

By Steve, 3 monthsOctober 20, 2022 ago
Calabasas

Fourth big cat this year killed on local roads

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…

By Steve, 6 monthsJuly 29, 2022 ago
Calabasas

Mountain lion P-54 is killed by vehicle four years after her mother died on the same road

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…

By Steve, 7 monthsJune 17, 2022 ago
Habitat Improvement

Court Upholds Ventura County Ordinances to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity

A new program that increases protections for wildlife corridors has prevailed after a judge ruled on the side of county leaders and conservationists Source of this article: Los Padres ForesetWatch, April 28, 2022 The rulings, finalized on April 22, uphold Ordinance No. 4537 and Ordinance No. 4539, which were approved Read more…

By Steve, 9 monthsApril 28, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

A cougar passage rises over a deadly Southern California freeway

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…

By Steve, 9 monthsApril 22, 2022 ago
Budget and Spending

101 Freeway wildlife crossing receives another infusion of funds

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…

By Steve, 2 yearsFebruary 4, 2021 ago
California State Parks

LA-area mountain lions face a smaller, harsher world after wildfires

It will take ’10 to 20 years’ before Santa Monica Mountains look like they did before Woolsey fire Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2018 Two dozen biologists with binoculars and telemetry equipment fanned out across the smoldering gulches and slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains Read more…

By Steve, 4 yearsNovember 18, 2018 ago
Development

Wildlife camera catches uncollared mountain lion roaming the Hollywood Hills

An uncollared mountain lion was caught on camera roaming the Hollywood Hills just after midnight recently — the first official evidence of a cougar inhabiting a specially preserved parcel of land in Laurel Canyon, wildlife advocates say. “Neighbors have constantly told us of their own sightings and their own experiences Read more…

By Steve, 5 yearsOctober 31, 2017 ago
Conejo Valley

Mountain lion makes rare successful crossing of L.A.-area freeways

Source of this article: The Researchers recently documented a rare case of a cougar from the Santa Monica Mountains successfully crossing U.S. Highway 101 and moving into a range less hemmed in by Southern California sprawl, the National Park Service said Monday. The subadult male, dubbed P-55, crossed the 101 Read more…

By Steve, 5 yearsAugust 7, 2017 ago
Calabasas

Mountains fund celebrates champions of preservation

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…

By Steve, 6 yearsMay 18, 2017 ago

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