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 [...]
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Latest Research on Mountain Lions and Other Carnivores
April 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Westlake Village
Run into a Mountain Lion in the S.M. Mountains? Not Likely!
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Outdoors
While writing the post about the new lion princess in the Santa Monica Mountains, I started worrying about the possibility of running into her or some of her kin while hiking. Thank goodness, I just read a press release from the National Park Service! In the NPS release, it said that there have been NO reports [...]
Tags: cougars·mountain lions·pumas·Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
A New Lion Princess for the Santa Monica Mountains
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Outdoors
A new female mountain lion has been discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area by park staff, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times today. The mountain lion, known as P-13 (short for Puma 13) was captured, given a radio tracking collar, and released. She is estimated to be around one year [...]
Tags: cougars·mountain lions·pumas·Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area