P-22 is probably the world s most famous mountain lion.
He made the seemingly impossible 50-mile-trip from the Santa Monica Mountains to Griffith Park, crossing both the 101 and the 405 freeways to get there. It s a feat many fellow mountain lions just don t survive and he s still here, roaming the trails at the ripe old age of (we think) 11.
Local wildlife specialists have been keeping tabs on the puma since his great migration in 2012, and last month they got another chance to check him out when replacing his GPS radio collar something that happens every two years. He looks good for an old cat, says Jeff Sikich, a biologist with the National Park Service s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. For as much as we can tell from the work-up we give these animals for that hour we have them in our hands, he appeared healthy and fine.
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Hello readers of The Wild.
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff likes to be out in nature. You might see him on a night hike in Griffith Park or running up the steep trail from the Stough Canyon Nature Center in Burbank to the top of the ridgeline. And, of course, people recognize him. “I do have those who want to talk about peace in the Middle East, but for the most part people are friendly,” he said on a Monday phone call.
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Schiff also looks out for his wild constituents, the ones that don’t vote. He’s proud that mountain lions and bears dwell in his 28th District, which includes Griffith Park and the Hollywood Hills, La Canada-Flintridge and Tujunga to the north, and Echo Park and the Elysian Valley to the east. “I’m delighted when I meet with people from Africa and they tell me about their lions, and I can say ‘I’ve got lions,’ ” he said.
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Bills Seek to Conserve Public Lands and Rivers Across California
A hiker walks through Big Tujunga Canyon north of Los Angeles, near one of the areas targeted for safeguards in the San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act.
Gabriella Angotti-Jones
Based on anecdotal reports from around the U.S., more people have been getting outside to hunt, fish, hike, cycle, boat, and more during the COVID-19 pandemic than in recent memory. But despite this trend, one long-standing and unfortunate aspect of outdoor recreation remains: Not all people have equitable access to trails, parks, rivers, and other public lands and waters. That may change in California because of four bills that would help safeguard mountains, forests, and rivers in the state and improve opportunities for people to experience these resources.
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