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P-22 DAY FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Tour Program

The National Wildlife Federation’s #SaveLACougars campaign and its partners at the Cougar Conservancy have launched a docent-led tour program to give people a closer look at what will be the largest wildlife crossing in the world and experience the importance of coexisting with our local wildlife.

Read P-22′s Eulogy

Read Beth Pratt’s, National Wildlife Federation’s California Regional Executive Director, heart-felt eulogy for the beloved mountain lion, P-22, by clicking here.

Building Bridges for Our Shared Future

#SaveLACougars and the #P22Legacy

Now in the legacy phase of this monumental effort, the #SaveLACougars campaign seeks to raise $15 million that will:

Ensure the holistic completion of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing as a fully integrated and thriving habitat that reconnects an entire ecosystem in the Santa Monica Mountains, including completing design and construction (slated for end of 2025), habitat stewardship, native plant nursery operations, education and outreach, and supporting National Park Service research efforts.

Advance future wildlife crossings and connectivity projects in Southern California that will continue to reconnect critical wildlife corridors and restore the ecological vibrancy of the country’s most densely populated urban area – a conservation legacy of the century.

JOIN US IN MAKING HISTORY

Donations of $100,000 and above will receive recognition on our donor wall.

The National Wildlife Federation’s #SaveLACougars campaign has inspired a global conversation toward a new way of doing business – revolutionizing the possibilities for wildlife conservation around the world for decades to come. Together, we raised over $100 million to ensure the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing became a reality. Help us honor P-22’s Legacy and secure an additional $15 million toward a new connected Southern California.

We invite you to join us in a conservation legacy of the century.

#SAVELACOUGARS WILL…

Build the largest wildlife crossing in the world.

Save a population of mountain lions from extinction.

Reconnect an entire ecosystem for all wildlife.

Set a worldwide model for urban wildlife conservation.

Create a conservation legacy for the next century.

Join us for the 9th Annual P-22 Day Festival!

Sunday, October 19, 2024, at Shane’s Inspiration at Griffith Park. More information coming soon!

P-22 Day Festival, October 19, 2024

9th annual P-22 Day Festival, more information coming soon!

SHOP FOR THE COUGAR CAUSE

Show your support by rocking some #SaveLACougars gear! Visit our shop and browse t-shirts, bags, posters and more!

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FOUNDING

 

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PRINCIPAL

 

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LEADERSHIP

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife • California Natural Resources Agency • Carolyn J. Davis • Werner Clark • Head and Heart Foundation • Helmut & Patricia Meissner • Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation • M. Piuze Foundation • Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation • Mary and David Love • Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District Measure A • The Daniel & Susan Gottlieb Foundation • The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation • Verizon • Walter E.D. Miller Charitable Fund • Wanda & Bud Waugh

BENEFACTOR

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Alice Lewin • ALSTOM FOUNDATION • Annette Sikand • Betty Jo Hughes • Beth Burnam • Bethany Mendenhall • Bert Forbes • California Conservation Innovations program of Resources Legacy Fund • Candi Hubert • Charles & Doris Michaels • The Christen C and Ben H Garrett Family Foundation • Claudia and Larry Mitchell • Conejo Open Space Foundation • CougarCoin • Cora Kamerman  • Emmett Foundation • Frank Taplin • Gerry Hans & Mary Button • Ghost Cat Publications • Glen Kuniyuki • Glenmede Private Wealth • Hawk and Molly Koch • Holly Fader • Hooman M. Melamed, MD • India Blake Foundation • The James A. Folger and Jane C. Folger Foundation • Jeff Rosenblum • Jeremy Guth •Jerry & Madelyn Jackrel • Jerry Voight & Jean Fordis • Joy Berenfield • Justice William Newsom Fund • John Gooden • Julie Morley • Karen Hemmerling • Kimberley Moen-Perez and Family • Laurie Cohn • Linda Goldstein • Linda Poverny • Loi Nguyen • MacDonald Family Foundation • Michael McMahan • Montage Vineyards • Nathane & Givens Family Foundation • Neil Kelley • Laurie Mayorga • OneFamily Foundation • Pamela Goldsmith • Peter Skinner • Malinda E. Chouinard • Parsons Corporation • Powe McGuire Family Foundation • Resources Legacy Fund • Re:wild • Richard and Patricia Avery • Richard and Barb Proffitt • Rita Vennari Studstill • Robert Rosenthal • Robin Benson • Sallyann Garner • Shelley Conger • Snap Inc. • Southern California Edison • Stephen Kolodny • Temescal Canyon Association • Cindy and Alan Horn • The Johnson Family Foundation • The Mara Family • M&T Fantastic Family Foundation • The Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation • The Suggs Family Foundation • T.S. & K.D. Glide Foundation • TSG Foundation • United Way San Luis Obispo Co. • Weinholtz Family Foundation • Wendi & Barbara Gladstone • Yabuki Family Foundation • ZZYZX Foundation, Inc.

#SaveLACougars Campaign Prepares to Celebrate Exciting and Major Construction Milestone for the World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing

"We are very excited to celebrate this big milestone in the construction of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. With the placement of the horizontal supports, the structure is truly going to start looking like the bridge it will become,” said Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation. We know that closures of the freeway do have impacts on traffic and the community, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Caltrans has a thorough plan for detours, and we trust their excellent team to manage this to minimize disruption. And these ‘closures for cougar’ are for a good cause—helping to save the area mountain lions from extinction and ensuring a future for all wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains.”The #SaveLACougars campaign is preparing to celebrate an exciting and major construction milestone on the monumental effort to complete the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Los Angeles County. To date, more than 6,100 tons of concrete have been poured and over 426 tons of bar reinforcing steel have been placed to create the walls of the structure on either side of the freeway and the columns in the median on the 101 freeway. Next month, Caltrans construction crews are planning to begin the complex process of installing the large-scale concrete beams that will be the first horizontal supports for the crossing. Caltrans’s plan includes placing the girders late at night as well as other measures to make the process as convenient as possible for highway users.

With this next step in construction, Caltrans will close half of the 101 freeway—all lanes in one direction—for the first time for this project. Closures are expected to begin around April 16, but this date is subject to change. Closures will occur on Monday through Friday nights for five hours starting at 11:59 p.m. Each night, only one direction of the 101 Freeway will be completely closed – lanes in the opposite direction will stay open for traffic.

The entire process of placing these concrete beams is expected to take from thirty to forty-five days to complete and will feature the placement of a total of 82 concrete beams, or girders, across all ten lanes of the 101 freeway. The girders, long boxes of reinforced concrete, will become the first level of the wildlife crossing’s multilayered structure above and across one of the nation’s busiest freeways. To avoid lengthy closures of the freeway, the girders were manufactured off-site in Riverside County and large trucks will transport them to the construction site. Each girder over the northbound lanes is 103 feet long and weighs 140 tons. Each girder over the southbound lanes is more than 93 feet long and weighs over 126 tons. For context, the weight of just one girder is equivalent to the weight of more than 14 African elephants!

To receive regular information on all of the construction progress and the upcoming closures and detours, everyone is encouraged to sign up for a weekly newsletter by contacting Michael Comeaux at Caltrans at michael.comeaux@dot.ca.gov or by calling (213) 897-9372. Caltrans also posts updates on the project on X (formerly Twitter) on their account, here.