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fragmentation from major road development or expansion, and maintain habitat linkages
and property parcel sizes greater than 40 acres. Measures to limit human-caused mortality
are essential, including educating residents on depredation threats and prevention, and
providing highway underpasses along wildlife movement corridors.
Acknowledgements
California Department of Fish and Game Resource Assessment Program created this
project and implemented the study with the help of University of California Davis
Department of Plant Science and Wildlife Health Center. We thank the many individuals
from these departments who assisted us. Thanks to Jeff Finn, Eric Loft, Doug Updike,
Dan Gifford, Lora Konde, Terry Weiss, and all at CDFG for their efforts in creating and
managing the study. Thanks to Ron Betram and Cliff Wylie of CDFG for conducting and
managing fieldwork and for their insights to puma behavior. We also thank USDA
APHIS Wildlife Services and Craig Coolahan for collaboration. We are grateful for the
efforts of houndsmen John Chandler, Steve Gallentine, Jim Kincaid, Blue Milsap, John
Nicholas, and Scott Young in trapping pumas. We thank UC Davis Information Center
for the Environment, and Charles Convis and ESRI Conservation Program for their
assistance with use of software and GIS training. In addition, we are grateful to the
USDA Forest Service: El Dorado, Tahoe and Yuba National Forests; Sierra Pacific
Industries; CA State Parks and Recreation Department; CA State University Chico
Foundation; Bureau of Land Management, and the many private ranchers and
homeowners who generously provided us access to land.
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