Residents of some West Hollywood neighborhoods are going to be shouting “yippee ki-yay” if the City Council on Monday endorses a proposal to better manage the city’s coyote transients.

The Council will consider a proposal initiated by Councilmember Lindsey Horvath to develop a plan that will include “information on coyote behavior, management strategies, recommended responses to coyote encounters and attacks and other pertinent information,” according to an item on the Council agenda.

http://www.wehoville.com/2017/10/12/yippee-ki-yay-the-weho-city-council-will-consider-a-coyote-management-plan/

The public is invited to two lectures Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the University of Redlands.

Wildlife researcher John Benson will lecture on his research, “Big Cats in the Big City: Ecology and Viability of Mountain Lions in Greater Los Angeles,” at 7 p.m. in the university’s Orton Center. His lecture is part of the human-animal studies program’s “Wild Things” lecture series.

http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2017/10/14/hear-big-cats-in-the-big-city-lecture-at-university-of-redlands/

Plus historic sites like El Pueblo de Los Angeles and the Rose Bowl!

https://la.curbed.com/2017/10/19/16506946/la-national-park-griffith-river-rim-of-valley

In the 1980s, MacAdams pioneered a conservationist campaign by demanding that one of the world’s most heavily industrialized rivers be returned to a semblance of its natural flows from the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-macadams-lariver-legacy-20171006-htmlstory.html

Seven weeks after failing to notify the public about alarmingly high bacteria levels in the Los Angeles River, city of Los Angeles officials have established a protocol to close the river when the water is unsafe for kayaking and other recreation.

The plan was developed after a KPCC investigation revealed multiple government agencies, including the city, failed to act in early September after harmful E.coli levels spiked well above federal safety limits.

https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/27/77058/la-unveils-first-ever-plan-to-close-la-river-for-p/