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Mountain Lion Crosses 405 Freeway, Becoming Bel Air's Most Famous Cougar
8/8/19: The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass area. The male mountain lion known as P-61 made his way east of the...
Mountain Lion P-47 Found Dead, Poison Suspected as Cause of Death
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The mountain lion known as P-47 was recently found dead in the Santa Monica Mountains, and lab results indicate he may have succumbed to poisoning from anticoagulant...
Cougar P-62 & Four #MountainLion Kittens Living Between Freeways in Simi Hills
National Park Service researchers recently discovered a litter of four mountain lion kittens in the Simi Hills, a small area of habitat wedged between the larger Santa Monica and Santa Susana...
Mountain Lion Crossing: Report Lists Best Places to Lion Watch in So Cal
A new report offers recommendations on the location and type of wildlife crossing structures proposed for two of the busiest freeways in the world. Interstate 15 in western Riverside County and U.S....
Rat Poison Found in Mountain Lion P-41's Body found in the Verdugo Mountains
12/19: Lab tests were unable to determine a cause of death for P-41, a mountain lion whose movements in the Verdugo Mountains were captured in beautiful photographs by citizen scientists, National...
Visit National Parks, Contribute to the Westside's Local Economy
Thousand Oaks, Calif. – A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2016 shows that 906,605 park visitors spent an estimated $39.4 million in the local community while visiting Santa Monica...
Now We Know What Became of Mountain Lion P-39's Kittens
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A young female mountain lion was recently struck and killed by a vehicle on State Route 118, marking the third time a mountain lion was hit by a vehicle on the same stretch...
Car Kills Mama Mountain Lion, Leaving 3 Six Month Old Cubs Near Chatsworth, California
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- National Park Service (NPS) biologists confirmed this week that a mountain lion recently struck and killed by a vehicle on the 118 Freeway was P-39, an adult female with...
National Park Service Hosts Third Annual Bird Fest November 12
All bird enthusiasts are invited to attend this year's Bird Fest at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center on Saturday, November 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. "There will be live...
Local Bobcat Appears Recovered from Bout with Mange
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- When National Park Service researchers captured Bobcat 342, known as B-342, back in early July, the four-to-five-year-old male was clearly suffering from mange. He was...
Star Watching: See The Milky Way at Night from your Local National Park!
Photos of the night sky in the Santa Monica Mountains can be Light Pollution from within SoCal's Coastal National Parks Steady or Decreasing Two of the parks, however, experience very high levels of t...
Every Kid in a Park Program Returns to the Santa Monica Mountains
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area encourages all fourth graders to visit the park this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and...
National Park Service Shares Ranching History Through "Horse Tales"
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The National Park Service invites the public to tour historic Rancho Sierra Vista on Saturday, September 10 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. In addition to an optional one-mile hike,...
Backbone Trail Cowgirls Complete Ride Saturday. One, Ruth Gerson, is 82 years old.
Five courageous ladies are embarking on a major challenge of skill and adventure in a couple of weeks. The Backbone Trail Cowgirls are setting out to ride the entire Backbone Trail on horseback as...
Mountain Lions: Five Kittens Discovered in Santa Susana Mountains
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- National Park Service researchers recently discovered two litters of mountain lion kittens in the eastern Santa Susana Mountains. A total of five kittens, three females and...
