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Cougar Now a Candidate Species

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 16, 2020 with No Comments

A video/conference call/live stream meeting started at 9:30 this morning. The agenda item we were waiting for was #32 (of 33). The item began at 3:45, with comments starting around 4:30. Our item ended at 5:53. Who hangs on a call for more than six hours? We do. Why? Because the California Fish and Game Commission was considering the fate of the sub-species of the California Mountain Lion in our area. The process for listing a species under the California … Read More

Fall 2019 Newsletter Out

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 1, 2019 with No Comments

Check out the Fall 2019 Newsletter. It covers: Why Cougars Count Madrona Esperanza Hills Puente Hills Preserve Grows We Lost a Friend (Judy Hathaway Francis) Park Hours Change 104 Year Fire Study Released Send us an email with your name and complete address to receive our mailed newsletters. We send about two newsletters a year.

Fall 2019

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 1, 2019 with No Comments

Fall 2019 (PDF – 780 KB)Highlights: Why Cougars Count Madrona Esperanza Hills Puente Hills Preserve Grows We Lost a Friend (Judy Hathaway Francis) Park Hours Change 104 Year Fire Study Released

Cougars at Risk

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 24, 2019 with No Comments

The cougars in the Santa Ana and Santa Monica Mountains face dire consequences if these “islands” of habitat are not connected. The cougars are genetically isolated, which causes inbreeding, and that means the mountain lions face local extinction. Corridors connecting other habitats and new females are needed to keep the populations genetically diverse. Read the Orange County Register article.

Predators Impacted By Rat Poison

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 12, 2018 with No Comments

Our actions have consequences for the wildlife. Please don’t use rat poison … it makes its way up the food chain to the top predator.