The Disney Conservation Fund awarded Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, which oversees the Rosemont Preserve among other open lands, a $25,000 grant as part of the Fund’s focus on reversing the decline of threatened wildlife around the world. The conservation grant recognizes AFC efforts to protect the threatened mountain lion population in the Los Angeles area through the Hahamonga to Tujunga Wildlife Corridor project.

The Disney Conservation Fund focuses on reversing the decline of wildlife and increasing the time kids spend in nature. Since its start in 1995, DCF has provided $45 million to support conservation programs in 115 countries.

The mountain lions travel in good company – the Fund also made grants in this cycle to help Andean cats in Argentina, cheetahs in Botswana, snow leopards and fishing cats in India, jaguars in Mexico, African lions in Tanzania, lions and leopards in Uganda, cheetahs and lions in Zambia, and more mountain lions near Stinson Beach, California.

AFC’s Hahamongna to Tujunga Wildlife Corridor project will link the mountains above Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena to those above Tujunga Canyon by creating a passage for wildlife through the San Rafael Hills and the Verdugo Mountains. AFC seeks to provide safe passage under or over freeways at crucial choke points to prevent vehicle encounters and to help connect isolated genetic pools of animals.