A major, long-term mountain lion research project is now under way in the East Bay.
More than half of California is considered mountain lion habitat. For over 20 years scientists have wanted to study these elusive creatures in the East Bay because it’s interspersed with large areas of public open space lands and highly altered landscapes with high human density. Now a consortium of agencies has pulled together for a long-term study that will focus on the density of mountain lions in the East Bay; their movements and dispersal, corridors and barriers; and population viability in a landscape altered by humans.
