To protect the movement of wildlife impeded by busy roadways, a series of manmade overpasses and underpasses throughout the United States helps animals big and small safely get across the street, preventing collisions and saving lives. About 1,500 of these structures already have been built. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how they have protected genetic...
VIDEO: Exciting Construction Milestone Achieved for the World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing
Video of the very-first girder being installed on the monumental conservation structure is available for download HERE. Download the newly released renderings of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing HERE. Agoura Hills – The #SaveLACougars campaign is very excited to announce that this Wednesday, April 17th at approximately 2:30 a.m. – construction crews successfully installed the first...
Concrete. Steel. LEGO? How designers created a model of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing brick by brick
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Drive along the 101 in Agoura Hills, and it’s clear that the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is really starting to take shape. So far, Caltrans crews have poured over 6,000 tons of concrete at the site and used over 400 tons of steel. But while they were busy building the bridge...
The Guardian | Celebrities and scientists mourn mountain lion P-22 at sold-out memorial
On a sunny Saturday in Los Angeles, a packed outdoor crowd of 6,000 people at the Greek Theater cried, sang and swayed together as they bid adieu to one of the city’s most treasured residents: a mountain lion known as P-22. Click here to read more.
The Wall Street Journal | Los Angeles Gives Star Treatment to P-22, the ‘Brad Pitt’ of Mountain Lions
LOS ANGELES—This valley is filled with celebrities, both gorgeous and aloof. The December death of one famous resident, who was a little bit of both, has provoked an unusually unrelenting outpouring of admiration. Click Here To Read More
Los Angeles Times | Memorial for mountain lion P-22, ‘the king of Griffith Park,’ draws thousands
Thousands of people flocked to the Greek Theatre on Saturday to celebrate the life and legacy of P-22, the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park for more than a decade. Click Here To Read More
Reuters | Famed California mountain lion celebrated at Los Angeles event
Feb 4 (Reuters) – A famed California mountain lion was celebrated at a sold-out event at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, with thousands of fans honoring the big cat’s life and contribution to urban wildlife. Click Here To Read More
Talking to Youth about the Death of P22
Children may ask what happens to the animal after it dies, and for this, it’s all right to share your beliefs. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
The mountain lion that changed LA
A eulogy to P-22 with hope that his legacy will ensure more wildlife crossings. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
A Eulogy for P-22, A Mountain Lion Who Changed the World
I write this eulogy while looking across one of the ten-lane freeways P-22 somehow miraculously crossed in 2012, gazing at a view of his new home, Griffith Park. Burbank Peak and the other hills that mark the terminus of the Santa Monica Mountains emerge from this urban island like sentinels making a last stand against...