Path of the Puma
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Date & Time
Wed, May 08 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Address (map)
414 Olive Street
Join Patagonia and Los Padres ForestWatch for an exhilirating mutli-media presentation with Jim Williams, one of the world’s most renowned mountain lion experts. His recent book, Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion (Patagonia Books, 2018), celebrates wildlife research and the conservation of big cats from Canada’s southern Yukon Territory to Tierra del Fuego in Argentina and Chile, exploring what makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain—just ahead of humans—so resilient and resourceful. He shares stories of magical landscapes, remarkable wildlife habitats, and the people who work to protect them.
The evening includes appetizers by Chef Jake O. Francis, local brews by Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., and a selection of local wines.
Path of the Puma will be for sale at the show, and Jim will sign copies. All proceeds benefit ForestWatch’s Room to Roam campaign to protect mountain lions and their habitat in Santa Barbara County and throughout California’s central coast region.
Williams has spent his career working with local communities to conserve mountain lions, bears, wolves, large ungulates and their critical habitats from Montana’s Crown of the Continent ecosystem to the Patagonian wilds of Argentina and Chile. He has worked for Montana’s Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for over 27 years, and with biologists in Patagonia on a variety of wildlife conservation projects.