National Parks Traveler Episode 126: Saving Santa Monica Mountains' Mountain Lions

By NPT Staff - July 11th, 2021

A whopping $38 million has been raised to date for the construction of a wildlife corridor over the 101 Freeway west of Los Angeles. When completed, the overpass will be the largest in the world, spanning 10 lanes of highway and access roads and connecting the fragmented wildlife habitat around the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. It will benefit all wildlife in southern California’s richly diverse ecosystem, but especially the declining mountain lion population.

In this two-part series, the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick talks with Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation to dig deep into the life of a mountain lion and find out why fragmented habitats are so destructive to their survival. They’ll also discuss the immense outpouring of support for urban wildlife conservation efforts in general and this corridor project in particular.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
:44 Road Scholar - Bill Mize - The Spirit of South Dakota
1:18 Potrero Group
1:45 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
2:08 Western National Parks Association
2:30 Friends of Acadia
2:56 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
3:35 Lynn Riddick and Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation discuss saving Santa Monica Mountains' mountain lions
27:43 Big Country - Randy Petersen - The Sounds of Yellowstone
28:01 National Parks Traveler
28:14 Nova Scotia
28:45 Washington’s National Park Fund
29:22 Interior Federal Credit Union
29:57 North Cascades Institute
30:22 Lynn and Beth continue their discussion of California mountain lions.
51:27 Otter Point - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
51:49 Episode Closing
52:36 Orange Tree Productions
53:08 Splitbeard Productions
53:20 National Parks Traveler footer

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

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Comments

Submitted by Rebecca Latson on July 11, 2021 - 8:47am.

Once again, a great podcast. Beth Pratt is an engaging speaker, and Lynn Riddick asked questions I would have asked, and questions I would have never thought to ask. I'm looking forward to next week's continuation.

Submitted by John Marchwick on July 11, 2021 - 7:04pm.

thank you for all you do Beth!

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