Close Encounters of the Wild Kind

  • Wildlife Biologist Victoria Monroe is shown here coordinating the relocation of a young bear in the Los Padres National Forest last year. She is speaking August 8 at the Condor Group, open to the public. [photo by Patric Hedlund]

    Wildlife Biologist Victoria Monroe is shown here coordinating the relocation of a young bear in the Los Padres National Forest last year. She is speaking August 8 at the Condor Group, open to the public. [photo by Patric Hedlund]

Public invited to talk on the real dangers of the mountain’s wildlife

What are the real dangers of an encounter with a bear, mountain lion or rattlesnake?

Hear the details from the Sierra Club’s engaging speaker, Victoria Monroe, the wildlife biologist in Kern County for California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Monroe hobbled into a recent local meeting with a bandaged foot after an encounter with a bobcat. For this wildlife biologist, that was all in a day’s work. Chances are, none of the rest of us will ever get that close to an angry bobcat. 

Ms. Monroe will also explain the impact of drought on the local wildlife, which are being drawn ever closer to our homes and recreation areas.

The Condor Group of the Sierra Club invites all the public; membership is not required.

When: Saturday, Aug. 8 at 6:30 p.m. / program at 7 p.m.
Where: Pool Pavilion at the
Pine Mountain clubhouse
Who: All the public is invited

This is part of the July 31, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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