Lightning Strike Causes Fire in State Park 🔥 This e-newsletter covers Hills For Everyone’s 30×30 work, a five acre wildfire, the prohibition of e-bikes in the State Park, and an upcoming bird of prey presentation. View the Hills For Everyone July E-Newsletter.
Check out this article from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on the recent cougar death. This roadkill cougar was named M-318 as it was a male (M) and the 318th cougar studied by the UC Davis Wildlife Research team led by Dr. Winston Vickers. Genetic tests are being conducted to see what population this cougar comes from. We will report those out when we know the answer. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
The Hills For Everyone April e-newsletter covers the recently killed cougar found along the 60 freeway, the Los Angeles County Safety Element Update adoption, and the San Gabriel Valley Greenway Network Plan. View the April E-Newsletter.
Known as the Brad Pitt of cougars, P22 (a collared male mountain lion in the Hollywood Hills) has literally been making the rounds in the *streets* of LA. Hopefully he heads back to the hills soon! And, remember avoid contact and no selfies with this large kitty! Let’s keep him wild! View the article in The Guardian.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of the five year old mountain lion dubbed “Scar” and “El Cobre.” There are less than two dozen cougars left in the Santa Ana Mountains. Scar was illegally shot and his body was not found where the shooting occurred–meaning he was mortally wounded and walked off to his death. His radio collar signaled the “mortality alert” with his lack of movement over an eight hour period. The SoCal subspecies of mountain … Read More