by veronica | Sep 7, 2014 | media, pumas in the news
We would like to send our thoughts and sympathies to the little boy who was attacked by a mountain lion in Cupertino today and to his family. We hope he has a very quick and thorough recovery. We have information about what to do if you encounter a mountain lion on...
by veronica | Sep 5, 2014 | media, Uncategorized
Last night, KSBW reported on the very exciting progress the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is making towards creating wildlife connectivity across Highway 17. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County is working on purchasing 290 acres of land that straddles Laurel Curve,...
by veronica | Aug 6, 2014 | media, santa cruz pumas, video
POST and Pathways for Wildlife have partnered up and put together an excellent video about culverts and Highway 17! In the video, Tanya Diamond and Ahiga Snyder explain some of the work they’ve been doing to increase habitat connectivity across such a...
by veronica | Jun 10, 2014 | puma ecology, pumas in the news
You may remember the beautiful National Geographic photo of a male puma, P-22, who lives in Griffith Park. His territory is very close to humans, but, as far as we know, he’s never had a problem with that. That is, until now. It turns out that P-22 has never...
by veronica | May 7, 2014 | field notes, puma bios, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas
In October, we introduced you to 41M and his brother, 46M, who taunted him through the bars when 41M was in our trap. Then in January, 46M wandered into a trap we set for him and we gave him a collar to match his brother’s. We didn’t see any sign of...