If the stars align and all the pieces fit, a native wild animal corridor will wend its way over six miles from the Santa Ana Mountains in the Cleveland National Forest to the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, hopefully sooner than later.
The idea is to get wild animals, such as bobcats and gray foxes, from the national forest in the east to intermingle with the locals in the west, broadening their mating range and stopping the deleterious effects of interbreeding.
It’s coastal wildlife’s last dance, said Norm Grossman, president of Laguna Greenbelt, Inc., a nonprofit environmental conservation group. “If we don’t do anything, in 40 years wildlife here will consist of coyotes and bunnies.”
There are fewer than 30 bobcats and gray foxes each left on the 22,000 acres of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, according to Kevin Clark, director of bioservices at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Critter, Human Co-Existence Boosted by Irvine-Laguna Wildlife Corridor Plan - Laguna Beach Local News
The idea is to get wild animals, such as bobcats and gray foxes, from the national forest in the east to intermingle with the locals in the west, broadening their mating range and stopping the deleterious effects of interbreeding.
It’s coastal wildlife’s last dance, said Norm Grossman, president of Laguna Greenbelt, Inc., a nonprofit environmental conservation group. “If we don’t do anything, in 40 years wildlife here will consist of coyotes and bunnies.”
There are fewer than 30 bobcats and gray foxes each left on the 22,000 acres of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, according to Kevin Clark, director of bioservices at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Critter, Human Co-Existence Boosted by Irvine-Laguna Wildlife Corridor Plan - Laguna Beach Local News