Last month, the National Park Service (NPS) announced that a new book is out, which looks at urbanization and mountain lions, bobcats, and coyotes, including mountain lions in our own area. The book is “Uuban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation,” and Seth Riley, NPS wildlife ecologist here at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) wrote several of the chapters.
A news release about the book from Lauren Newman at NPS, stressed that wildlife corridors are very important. Newman says, “Because of the vast habitat area required by adult mountain lions, none of the protected areas in the region, including the Santa Monica Mountains themselves, are large enough for a healthy puma population over the long-term, so connectivity between remaining natural areas is critical.”
Here is a link to read more about the book at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Carnivores-Ecology-Conflict-Conservation/dp/0801893895
Posted by Janna Orkney
JT // Apr 11, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Hmmm…..so maybe we shouldn’t turn the wild life corridor between Malibu Creek State Park and Paramount Ranch into an RV Park.
http://savethemeadow.com
eco-nerd // Apr 12, 2010 at 9:13 AM
But looking on the other side, maybe the wildlife corridor between Malibu Creek and Paramount Ranch will help keep the RVer population down.