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April 22, 2022 - Animal Advocates News - Today was the groundbreaking for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. The wildlife crossing will stretch across eight lanes of the 101 freeway and two lanes across Agoura Rd in Agoura Hills, California. It will be the biggest wildlife crossing in the United States larger than the size of a football field at 200 ft by 165 ft.

The project was designed by Robert Rock of Living Habitat LLC and is being constructed by Southern California construction company C.A. Rasmussen.

The project is the culmination of over a decade of coordinated work by the following people, government agencies and organizations in no particular order,

The Annenberg Foundation: Wallis Annenberg, Lauren Bon, Cinny Kennard, Marsha Bonner, Allison Sprague, Elizabeth Armour
California Department of Fish & Wildlife: Charlton Chuck Bonham, Justin Dellinger, Audrey Kelly, Craig Zeff, Daniel Blankenship
Caltrans, Caltrans District 7: Sheik Moinuddin, Barbara Marquez, Steven Keck
Santa Monica Mountains Fund
National Wildlife Federation: Beth Pratt
California Coastal Commission
State of California: Gavin Newsom
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy & Mountains Recreation Conservancy Authority: Rorie Skei, Joseph T Edmiston, George Lange
National Park Service
California State Transportation Agency: Toks Omishakin
Living Habitats LLC
Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority MCRA
California State Coastal Conservancy: Amy Hutzel

City of Agoura Hills

State of California Wildlife Conservation Board

California Natural Resources Agency: Wade Crowfoot

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: David Szymanski
California Wildlife Conservation Board: John Donnelly
US Congressman Ted Lieu
US Congressman Adam Schiff
California State Senator, Fran Pavely
California State Senator, Henry Stern
California State Assemblymember, Laura Friedman
California State Assemblymember, Richard Bloom
Ventura County Supervisor, Linda Parks,

Los Angeles County Supervisor, Sheila Kuehl

City of Los Angeles Councilmember, Paul Koretz
City of Agoura Hills Mayor, Deborah Klein Lopez
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
UCLA: Bob Wayne, Brad Shaffer
City of Agoura Hills Ad Hoc Committee
ARC, Animal Road Crossings: Rob Ament
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
California State Legislative Staff
Mountain Lion Foundation: Debra Chase, Fred Hull
Humanity Communications Collective
Planning & Conservation League
Cougar Conservancy
Friends of Griffith Park
Project Desert View, LLC
TBG Events
Lili Media & Design
Fearless Advocacy: Jennifer Fearing
Puente Strategies
Ano: Dayna Bochco

Other Supporters, Donors, not inclusive

The Boeng Company: Scarlett C Hibner
S.L. Gimbel Foundation, a component fund at The Inland Empire Community Foundation
The John Logan Foundation
Carolyn J Dvis
Head and Heart Foundation
Helmut & Patricia Meissner
Leoonardo DiCaprio Foundation
M. Piuze Foundation
Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation
Mary and David Love
Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District Measure A
The Daniel & Susan Gottlieb Foundation
The Gwendolyn Sexton Foundation
Verizon
Walter E.D. Miller Charitable Fund
Wanda & Bud Waugh

Speakers at the Groundbreaking in order of appearance

Beth Pratt, Regional Executive Director, National Wildlife Federation
Alan Salazar, Fernandeño Tataviam, Band of Mission Indians Elder, Chumash, Tataviam, & Pipimaram lineages
Deborah Klein-Lopez, Mayor of Agoura Hills
3rd Rock Hip Hop - Warren Dickson and students
Miguel Ordeñana, Community Science Manager, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Brad Rumble, Principal of Esperanza Elementary School with students Jonathan Salvador-Ramos (Gr. 5) and Allison CoxDiaz (Gr. 4
Julia Butters, actor, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Nina-Marie Lister, Professor & Director, Ecological Design Lab at Ryerson University & ARC Partner
Jeremy Guth, Conservation Director, the Woodcock Foundation & Founding Partne, ARC Solutions
PARTNERS
State Senator Fran Pavley
National Wildlife Federation: Dirk Sellers, Vice President for Philanthropy — Beth Pratt, Regional Executive Director
National Park Service & Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: David Szymanski, Superintendent — Jeff
Sikich, biologist — Seth Riley, Chief of Wildlife
Santa Monica Mountains Fund: Charlotte Parry, Executive Director —
Resource Conservation District of Santa Monica Mountains: Clark Stevens, Architect & Executive Officer
Caltrans: Steven Keck, Acting Director — Tony Tavares, Caltrans District 7 Director — Sheik Moinnudin, Project Manager
C.A. Rasmussen, Inc: Adam Rasmussen, President
Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy: Linda Parks, Chair — George Lange, Chair — Joe Edmiston, Executive Director —
Rorie Skei, Chief Deputy Director — Paul Edelman, Chief of Natural Resources & Planning
U. S. Senator Alex Padilla
Living Habitats, LLC: Robert Rock, Principal & Chief Operating Officer
California Wildlife Conservation Board: John Donnelly, Director
California Department of Fish & Wildlife: Chuck Bonham, Director
State Coastal Conservancy: Mary Small, Deputy Executive Officer
California Assemblymember Richard Bloom
California Assemblymember Laura Friedman
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
J.P. Rose, Center for Biological Diversity
Cara Lacey, The Nature Conservancy
California State Senator Henry Stern
California State Senator Ben Allen
U.S. Congresswoman Julia Brownley
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu
U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff
Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources
Song break
Collin O'Mara, President & CEO National Wildlife Federation
Wallis Annenberg, Chairman, President & CEO, Annenberg Foundation
California Governor Gavin Newsom
Beth Pratt, Regional Executive Director, National Wildlife Federation
Groundbreaking, shovels

Full video of the event in HD. Updated.

Photos and videos from the groundbreaking of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing April 22, 2022 by Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates. Click photos to see full size. Many more photos are available.