tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post5759066349507592055..comments2024-03-12T05:38:57.339-07:00Comments on Wolves, Wolf Facts, Cougars, Cougar Facts, Coyotes, Coyote Facts - Wolves, Cougars, Coyotes Forever: Los Angeles like the entire USA once housed an impressive Prairie natural system that was "veined" by the ebb and flow of the Los Angeles River.........Pronghorn, Grizzly Bears, Pumas and Wolves headlined this vibrant biome.....................Among the best descriptions of "virgin" Los Angeles are two early Spanish visitors to the region.................: Pedro Fages, a soldier who explored the area in 1775; and Pedro Font, a missionary who accompanied Juan Bautista de Anza during his 1775-76 expedition through California...... Font entered the San Gabriel Valley on January 3, 1776, describing the plain as "a country very level on all sides; we found it very green in spots, and the blossoms already bursting forth".................. Fifty-six years later, the early Anglo settler Hugo Reid described the animal life beneath the grasslands............: "Squirrels, rabbits, and gophers were continually scurrying down into their holes, out of harm's way"..............Los Angeles ceased to be a natural prairie system at the dawn of the 20th century when in 1897 the last Grizzly Bear was hunted to extinctionCoyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-21329953814456796702013-05-22T22:17:57.239-07:002013-05-22T22:17:57.239-07:00Sciatcpain.................I am posting an article...Sciatcpain.................I am posting an article on the historical incidence of Beavers in Callif tonight...............Seems that they have been restored into the Santa Barbara region..............thanks for checking inCoyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-18809707951095096482013-05-21T14:41:07.624-07:002013-05-21T14:41:07.624-07:00Come across any reference to beaver in the LA basi...Come across any reference to beaver in the LA basin? There is mounting evidence for beaver in Ventura/Santa Barbara counties and possibly San Diego county as well.Duane Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467779935085970909noreply@blogger.com