WOODLAND HILLS, CA (November 14, 2026) The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Executive Director will report on Monday at the November Conservancy Meeting that two uncollared State-listed threatened mountain lions were recorded on home security cameras in two local Woodland Hills neighborhoods within the Santa Monica Mountains.

At 9:55 pm on Friday night several home-recorded Ring videos show a healthy mountain lion casually walking on Gaona Street alongside the Woodland Hills Golf Course.

A second mountain lion was recorded in a neighborhood about a mile west near the intersection of Mulholland Drive and Mulholland Highway at 6:38 am Saturday morning.

“This single night and early morning concentration of mountain lion movement shows both the value of Woodland Hills habitat areas and that these magnificent animals are pressed for space,” said Joseph T. Edmiston, Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. “This area continues to show a steady parade of uncollared mountain lion sightings from doorbell cameras directed towards front yards.”

Both sightings correspond precisely with habitat and wildlife corridor mapping in the Conservancy’s Big Wild-Topanga State Park North Slope Habitat Conservation Plan adopted in May this year.

In just over two weeks, on December 2, 2026, the ribbon will be cut on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway in nearby Agoura Hills. This is the result of decades of wildlife research, planning, and science-led design intended to ensure that the wildlife that lives in the Santa Monica Mountains thrive in the future.

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is a State Agency that was established by the Legislature in 1980. Since that time, it has helped preserve more than 85,000 acres of parkland in both wilderness and urban settings. The Conservancy’s mission is to strategically buy back, preserve, protect, restore, and enhance treasured pieces of Southern California to form an interlinking system of urban, rural, and river parks, open space, trails, and wildlife habitat that are easily accessible to the general public.