by veronica | Apr 17, 2015 | events and outreach, Uncategorized
I would like to say a huge huge thank you to everyone who helped make the depredation prevention workshop possible yesterday! In particular, I would like to thank my co-organizer, Lewis Reed, Grey Hayes and the CCRC Education and Outreach Committee, the Santa Lucia...
by jsmith | Jan 22, 2015 | events and outreach, media, pumas in the news, santa cruz pumas, Uncategorized
This week, we published a paper on puma behavioral responses to human development and how they relate to kill rates in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We found that females spend less time at their deer kills when they are close to people, and therefore kill deer more often...
by jsmith | Jan 20, 2015 | events and outreach, field notes
Have you ever seen an animal scat on the ground and wondered who it belonged to? Perhaps you pictured a bobcat slinking down the trail just before you, marking its territory before continuing its travels? Or a pair of coyotes cruising around looking for their next...
by veronica | Mar 14, 2014 | events and outreach, media, pumas in the news
For those of you who missed Chris’s sellout talk at the Rio, here is a great writeup about it in the Sentinel. Chris gave an exciting talk about our work so far with over 600 people filling the auditorium! We’d like to thank the Land Trust of Santa Cruz...
by jsmith | Nov 19, 2013 | events and outreach
We have had a great time over the last two weeks speaking with the future scientists and conservationists of Santa Cruz County. About one hundred students from the Young Scientists Club at Westlake Elementary joined us to chat about puma biology and how to live with...
by yiwei | Sep 19, 2013 | events and outreach, media
We had a fun night at the MAH on Friday! There were some great speakers, and a very large, enthusiastic crowd! Read more about the evening on the Hilltromper Santa Cruz blog!
