In 2024, the nonprofit National Wildfire Federation began its plan to build a bridge over the 101 freeway in Agoura Hills to help mountain lions and other wildlife facing “genetic isolation” caused by the freeway. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is expected to be finished this year, but already small creatures are making the bridge their home and greenery is taking over.

“For so much of the construction of this crossing it’s been about concrete and rebar and very industrial elements. But now we are getting to the soul of the project with the soil and native plants on the 101 structure,” said Beth Pratt, Regional Executive Director of the California Regional Center of the National Wildlife Federation.