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A vision to provide safe passage for mountain lions above 10 lanes of whizzing traffic near Los Angeles faced a foe: time. Genetically isolated pumas hemmed in by the 101 Freeway were showing birth defects and needed an outlet fast. A massive philanthropic challenge grant allowed the $92-million Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing to advance rapidly…
29 Oct 2024
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing now spans the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, but weather issues have pushed completion to sometime in 2026. • Builders plan to cover the crossing with “engineered” soil inoculated with local microbes early next year so more than 5,000 native shrubs and wildflowers can be planted. • But the crossing…
23 Aug 2024
All Updates, Featured News, Press Coverage, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — The 10-lane freeway that slices through this part of Southern California is one of the busiest in the country, ushering more than 300,000 cars across the greater Los Angeles area every day. For drivers, it’s a nightmare: This stretch of Highway 101 is known as the “highway from hell,” the infamous host of the nation’s worst…
27 May 2024
All Updates, Cougars, Featured News, Press Coverage, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
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…
21 Apr 2024
All Updates, Cougars, Press Coverage, Wallis Annenberg 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…
17 Apr 2024
All Updates, Press Coverage, Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
The large-scale concrete beams that will support the conservation structure’s span across the 101 freeway in the Los Angeles area, are scheduled to be installed starting on the Week of April 15th. A public service announcement about the process can be downloaded HERE. Renderings of the crossing, drone footage over the construction site and various…
21 Mar 2024
