Engineers in southern California are hard at work designing the biggest wildlife corridor in the world, to extend over US Highway 101 to the north-west of Los Angeles.The corridor will connect different parts of the Santa Monica Mountain chain, which is crucial to the future of mountain lions – but it will help other species as...
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Phys.org | California to build largest wildlife crossing in world
Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city. Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking...
89.3 KPCC | Wildlife Corridor Over The 101, Climate Change and Wine, West Hollywood Changes
Transportation officials and conservationists will build a mostly privately funded wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. The $87 million bridge entered its final design phase last month. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle | LA freeway crossing to give wildlife room to roam
Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city. Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking...
USA Today | New California Freeway Bridge to Carry Wildlife
Hoping to fend off the extinction of mountain lions and other species that require room to roam, Calif. will build a mostly privately funded wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
Associated Press | California to Build Largest Wildlife Crossing in the World
Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city. Famous for traveling across two freeways and making a huge Los Angeles park his home, the lonesome big cat has become a symbol of the shrinking...
NBC Los Angeles | Crossing on 101 Freeway to Give Wildlife Room to Roam
The span along U.S. 101 will only be the second animal overpass in a state where tunnels are more common. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
LA Times | California’s mighty predator — the mountain lion — faces ‘extinction vortex’
As the mountain lions of Southern California approach what some experts call an “extinction vortex,” environmentalists are demanding that state officials grant the big cats protective status — a move that could potentially ban development on thousands of acres of prime real estate. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
LA Times | As Southern California cougars near ‘extinction vortex,’ a radical rescue plan emerges
The future is looking increasingly bleak for some Southern California mountain lions. Urban encroachment, inbreeding, vehicle strikes, rat poison and wildfire have all taken their toll on cougars living in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains. Now, research published Wednesday suggests there’s an almost one-in-four chance the charismatic cats could become extinct in those...
Los Angeles Magazine | In the Wake of the Wildfires, Mountain Lions Have Found Themselves in a Transformed World
Somehow P-64 figured it out. Unlike his fellow mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, the four-year-old cat—a young adult by mountain lion standards—learned how to safely get from one side of the 101 to the other. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE