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International Los Angeles builds world’s largest animal bridge, costing $2.8 billion, to help cougars cross the street

GLOBAL NEWS: (CNA reporter Lin Honghan, Los Angeles, 21st) The California government and private sector have joined forces to spend US$92 million (approximately NT$2.8 billion) to build the world’s largest animal ecological bridge in Los Angeles, spanning a 10-lane highway, in an effort to save the endangered cougar. In recent years, there have been frequent…

30 Oct 2025

All Updates, Crossings and Connectivity Projects, Featured News, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

Another milestone for ambitious 101 Freeway wildlife crossing: First native plants go in

Native plants are being placed on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Tuesday, marking another milestone for what officials say will be the largest bridge of its kind in the world. Over the next few months, about 5,000 more plants are expected to be installed along the bridge — which stretches over all 10 lanes of…

29 Oct 2025

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The world’s largest wildlife crossing is finally getting plants. Animals are a year away

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Native Plant Nursery has only one function: to grow hyperlocal native plants for the world’s largest wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. Back in 2022, nursery employees wandered the hills around the crossing collecting a million seeds from native plants. Those seeds have been planted, replanted, nursed…

29 Oct 2025

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Volunteer docents help connect visitors to future wildlife crossing over 101

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Standing at a trailhead next to one of the busiest freeways in the nation isn’t where you’d normally find story time, but this story is one of a kind. “Please gather round,” Genie Tuttle told a group of early risers one Sunday morning. “I want to tell you the story about…

23 Sep 2025

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Video: CBS News – Wildlife crossing over 101 Freeway moves into next phase

The innovative wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agora Hills is nearly complete. Beth Pratt, Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation, joins KCAL News to give the latest update. Watch it here.

3 Sep 2025

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‘LA’s loneliest bachelor’: How a mateless Hollywood puma inspired the world’s biggest animal bridge

Steve Winter P-22 was found roaming the Hollywood Hills, miles away from other mountain lions. Scientists fitted the puma with a radio collar which recorded his location (Credit: Steve Winter) Inspired by a mountain lion isolated from potential mates, the world’s largest wildlife bridge is being built in Los Angeles to allow animals to roam…

11 Jul 2025