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Our Programs

About our work

Our goals are to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, with emphasis on cougars, and promote education and learning of Puma concolor. We accomplish this by engaging, educating, and empowering diverse stakeholders and partners to build awareness, understanding, appreciation, and tolerance of cougars. Our focus is on human-cougar conflict prevention and mitigation using interdisciplinary, sustainable, and innovative approaches.

Conservation

  • Human-Cougar Coexistence

Education & Outreach

  • Community Outreach
  • Public Presentations
  • Workshops

Policy

  • Petition to List Southern & Central Coast Mountain Lions under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA)
  • California Ecosystems Protection Act (Assembly Bill 1788)

where we work

Serving California Communities

Our current focus area includes the state of California, with emphasis on Southern and Central Coast cougar populations.

Cougars in these areas are a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The area under the green line is our primary focus area, with emphasis on the following cougar populations: 

  • Santa Ana Mountain (SAM) 
  • Santa Monica Mountain (CC-S) 
  • Eastern Peninsular Range (EPR) 
  • San Gabriel/ San Bernardino (SGSB) 
  • Central Coast Central (CC-C)
  • Central Coast North (CC-N)

Conservation Programs

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Human-COUGAR Conflict TASK FORCE

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Human-Cougar Conflict Task Force

Our Human-Cougar Conflict Task Force is conducting work on-the-ground to intervene, directly assist, and empower local communities through training and education before and after human-cougar conflicts occur. The Task Force collaborates across multiple agencies, with local scientists, and with a coalition of organizations in order to achieve effective and long-lasting conflict resolution. 

Our Services

  • Conflict Prevention Visits
  • Post-Conflict Visits
  • Cougar-Proof Enclosures
  • Hands-On Training
  • Technical Assistance

Our team provides expert advice on the available conflict prevention measures as well as the efficacy of such tools, based on the property and specific geographic area. Community members are given site-specific recommendations for reducing human-cougar conflict in their backyard or neighborhood. Our team assists communities with hands-on training and technical assistance such as cougar-proof enclosures.

EDUCATION & OUTREACH programs

Outreach & Education

  • Public presentations & participation in community events


  • Meet with local policy makers to discuss the prevention and mitigation of human-cougar conflicts in their districts


  • Human-Wildlife Conflict Workshops. Participants are informed on the basics of conflict theory and participate in hands-on-training sessions that focus on practical mitigation tools.   


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Policy Programs

LISTING AT-RISK COUGAR POPULATIONS UNDER CALIFORNIA'S Esa

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California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Petition

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We support the petition to list Southern and Central Coast mountain lions under CESA.

Prior to founding the Cougar Conservancy, our Director Korinna Domingo co-led efforts with the Mountain Lion Foundation and the Center for Biological Diversity to list Southern and Central Coast mountain lions under the California Endangered Species Act. In April of 2020, these imperiled populations were granted temporary protected status. 


Over the next year, the Cougar Conservancy will be supporting this listing effort by engaging in the listing process at key intervals, galvanizing public support, building diverse coalitions, and generating supportive media.

California Ecosystems Protection Act

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Assembly Bill 1788

We support the California Ecosystems Protection Act.

Assembly Bill (AB) 1788, also known as the California Ecosystems Protection Act, places a statewide moratorium on second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) until the Department of Pesticide Regulation finishes its evaluation of their use and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife determines that they will not result in significant adverse effects to non-target wildlife. 

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All cougar photographs on this page are courtesy of the National Park Service.

Cougar Conservancy

Los Angeles, California, USA

(800) 930-1087

The Cougar Conservancy is in affiliation with Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE) a non-profit charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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