But, like the Governor; the bridge looks so beautiful.
Ridiculous CA Wildlife Bridge Aims to Prevent Inbred Mountain Lions, but Will Be a Wildfire Express Lane "The tale of Gavin Newsom's $114 million wildlife bridge in Southern California dominated political talk on Wednesday, and for good reason. As of this date, its projected cost has doubled, and the estimated completion date of "2025" is in the rear-view mirror - all to ensure that less than two dozen mountain lions can get to the other side of the road and mate with a lion it's not closely genetically related to.
"You might have heard something about it being a butterfly bridge, but that's not true." . . .
. . . "And, not surprisingly, it is brought to us by the exact same environmentalist nonprofits and public-private partnerships that allowed the Topanga State Park to become a fire trap, the same people who prevented the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) from fully extinguishing the Lachman Fire on January 1, 2025, before it became the Palisades Fire.
"The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, a California government agency and a leading force behind the project, owns 75,000 acres of land, including "the whole of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Simi Hills, the Verdugo Mountains and significant portions of the Santa Susana and San Gabriel Mountains." The agency refuses to perform prescribed burns at any meaningful level and has a list of supposedly endangered plants it refuses to allow heavy equipment near; for example, the milkvetch plant that was seen in Temescal Gateway Park, which prevented firefighters from bringing bulldozers and other equipment in to fully suppress the Lachman Fire." . . .
Europe builds these wildlife bridges by the dozens for about €4 million each. Utah builds them for $5 million. Washington state builds them for $6 million. Wyoming builds them for $9 million.California has spent $120 million and is only half way done with one.Now expand… pic.twitter.com/39vBtAo0fs— Honus 💾 (@HonusWenger) March 19, 2026
Could this happen? Why not?
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