There was the idea that first simmered in the minds and hearts of nature champions around Southern California and beyond ...

The park's 150,000 acres span lush Mediterranean and coastal marine ecosystems, providing habitat to more than 1,000 different plant and 500 animal species ... Places and Stories Within Nature: Santa ...

Other animals, like the trout ... Meanwhile, the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains is raising funds to help cover the costs of keeping them alive.

Rain might bring relief from wildfires searing Los Angeles County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains.

“There’s only room in our Santa Monica Mountains for ten to fifteen cougars ... More wildlife departments started managing the cats as game animals with a regulated hunting season.

Actually getting to radio-track the animals and see what they’re doing ... supervising wildlife ecologist for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. “We want to expose them to the ...

Cougars can also die from eating animals that have ingested rat poison ... Mountain lions in the Santa Ana Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, Santa Cruz ...