Natural History Wanderings

The Ventura County Star  reports

Crews mostly completed a large, concrete wall along the north side of Highway 101 near Agoura Hills this month – one of the initial steps in building a first-of-its-kind wildlife crossing.

Construction started last year on the bridge over the 10-lane freeway, a barrier for mountain lions, mule deer and other wildlife in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Ten large columns went up in the median over the past several months and work on a second wall started along southbound lanes.

Billed as the world’s largest urban wildlife crossing, the bridge may help save an isolated mountain lion population from extinction. It will stretch 210 feet long and look like natural habitat.

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