California Fish and Game Commission Finds California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Protections Warranted for Southern California and Central Coast Mountain Lion

Female mountain lion, P-33, in the Santa Monica Mountains. Photo by National Park Service.

In Other Regulatory Action, Commission Streamlines Charitable Donation of Sport-Caught Fish

February 22, 2026 – The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) at its Feb. 11-12 meeting voted to list mountain lion populations in parts of southern California and the central coast as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA)…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS