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Map: Mountain Lion Sightings Near and Far

On the heels of the mountain lion sighting at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab Friday, we wanted to know: have you seen a mountain lion? Show us where on the map.

Have you seen a mountain lion in Berkeley? Show us where on the map.

How to add a point on the map:

  1. In the right-hand corner of the map, click the "Add" button.
  2. Type in the location you would like to add.
  3. Press submit and the pin should appear.
Mary Rose August 19, 2012 at 12:08 pm
If I did see a mountain lion up around the parks in the hills...why would I tell anyone? It is their habitat and humans are enroaching on wild areas. We are becoming quite disconnected in livingalong with wlidlife. Learn their habits and you can thus live accordingly. Spend time in nature-- do not fear it!
Mary Rose August 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm
I should re-phrase that-- Spend time learning to live with Nature and natural systems. By the way ....do stop using bug spray and pesticides to start! learn why spider and other insects are valuable.
( Pesticise Action Network North America or The Ecology Center in Berkeley are excellent Resources)
Susan Solomon August 19, 2012 at 01:05 pm
You'd tell where you saw a mountain lion so as to participate with other humans in learning the habits of lions. Trusting and working well with other humans should be cherished as step one of being natural. Indeed, human arrogance and distrust toward each other is an endemic part of why we hardly belong in nature any longer, and see it as 'their' habitat. To get back to nature, we need to guide lions in where they might run into us, in case they don't want to, and allow them to do the same. So please do tell other humans when you spot wildlife.
john fordice August 19, 2012 at 01:09 pm
you go girl !
too many people taking too much space ...... no wonder the wild comes into where we are when it needs to ........ animals gotta have food and territory too! ......... spiders are beautiful to boot
Tatter Salad October 24, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Mountain Lion sightings SHOULD be documented.
We should be keeping tab's of their range, and on their changing environment. For instance, 10 years ago it was known there was ONE female cougar in the Wildcat Canyon area of Tilden Park... but there were NO males known in the area. Several years later that all changed. The (former) deer herd that would collect behind the Little Farm area disappeared. Deer only survived in the surrounding URBAN areas. Now, there are no doubt at least SIX very hungry cougars in the area. They WOULD NOT being working a residential area at 3 in the afternoon unless they were starving. Dogs, cats and lone hikers are indeed in harms way. Even a small female cougar can bite the back of your skull from the rear, and crack it open like an egg shell.
Sylvia Victor November 21, 2012 at 03:39 pm
Six hungry cougars in the immediate area of Wildcat Canyon is extremely unlikely given that even a small female needs around 50 square miles of territory, and males will not tolerate overlap with other males. Where are you getting these numbers from?
Sylvia Victor November 21, 2012 at 03:49 pm
In addition, I know I personally have seen several sets of deer tracks along the Wildcat Canyon trail every time I walk it, which is at least once a week... There are definitely still thriving deer populations in our wild parks.

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