RE: [RC] horse/ mountain lion encounter - Linda Cowles
>>Since Eric didn't see this and reply
yet....I believe Russian Ridge is up in the Midpenninsula Regional Parks system
up near Skyline Dr. (top of the Coast Range) in the San Francisco Bay Area (also
roughtly west of Palo Alto). Many acres protected in great park land,
rugged terrain, sparsely populated up there, so typical and suitable Mt. Lion
territory. For those of you who know the Swanton Ride, this would be an
area ranging south-east of Pescadero Creek Park (Old Haul Rd.).
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>> In all my years growing up and riding
in the penninsula hills, I caught a glimpse of a Mt. Lion just
once...
I have a client in south west San Jose (2 miles up My
Hamilton Road going towards Grant Ranch park) who regularly has mountain lions
on her small 2 acre piece of land... very scary. The deer in the area are drawn
to the houses by all of the vegetation, horse feed, water and shrubbery,
so... the lions come in too.
She says that locals have complained, but nobody does
anything.
