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The evening begins with Jackie Crivello reading "The Magic of the Forest" followed by riveting mountain lion footage from David Neils.
A wonderful Saturday evening event will launch the extraordinarily informative and riveting presentation of how Mountain Lions navigate and hunt across Colorado., with a reading from Jacqueline Crivello’s new children’s book- The Magic of the Forest. Written and photographed by the author and resident Jackie Crivello. It’s a walk with Evergreen’s incredible nature, alive with her images of our wildlife, and a beautiful imaginative children’s story, which begins with the narration of Laythe the Mountain Lion. The reading by the author starts at 6 pm sharp. Books will be available for purchase (www.jcrivello.com) and signing. Please join us!
Mat Alldredge, mountain lion researcher with Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be joining David in presenting a deep dive on mountain lions in Evergreen on March 21st, 6-8 pm. David has videotaped and photographed his research lions for years and is currently working on a statewide mountain lion education film with him.
Mat will focus his portion of the presentation on what lions are doing in the urban/exurban areas of Colorado and lion population dynamics and how CPW estimates lion abundance. From 2005-15, Alldredge looked at mountain lion populations and human interactions along the interface of the foothills and towns of the northern Front Range corridor.
Then join local wildlife photographer David Neils for a deep dive on the habits and habitat of mountain lions in Northern Colorado. Enjoy learning the following:
- How mountain lions navigate and hunt in Northern Colorado
- Mountain lion tracks, scrapes and other sign
- How to use four natural factors to pin point where lions are found
- Learn why mountain lions are elusive yet very predictable
- How to live or recreate safely in mountain lion country
- Navigating off trail successfully
You'll also enjoy completely wild footage of wild mountain lions and other wildlife species in really wild country. Here is some example footage from Northern Colorado.
David Neils, Wild Nature Media
