Beth Pratt, author and conservation leader, joins John Muir Laws to talk about her work with mountain lions and building the largest wildlife crossing in the world in the most unlikely of places; the Los Angeles area. And their adventures together in the wild world—like watching wolves in Yellowstone or Pika in Yosemite. John Muir Laws will share tips and strategies to draw the face of a mountain lion in the 3/4 angle.

Beth will be joined by a few of her younger friends as they journey around the world from their homes. This activity will encourage them to survey the awesome wildlife we share our planet with. Some of the animals are new to us, while many we see every day. Together, we will do a little research and list some cool and amazing facts about them that we didn't already know!

In this fun presentation, conservation leader and author Beth Pratt will share tales of wild wonder from California and beyond, sharing photos and videos from her extensive encounters with animals including pika, frogs, mountain lions, bears, and more! She’ll talk about how we all need to be a part of fostering a coexistence ethic with wildlife, and what we can do in our own backyard to help wild animals thrive. She’ll also give an update on the #SaveLACougars campaign and the efforts to build the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon, and share some exciting new visualizations of the project!

Join me for a fun and free virtual talk about the most adorable animal on the planet: the pika! on Wednesday, November 18 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET. For more information and to RSVP, visit the event page. Get ready for an overdose of cute!

Signing times TBA.

Friends of Hellhole Canyon in collaboration with Valley Center Library welcomes all on Saturday, February 16, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for a free, informative presentation by Beth Pratt, author of “When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors,” and California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation and a lifelong wildlife advocate.

Beth will speak about what it means to coexist with wildlife, and how a lonely Los Angeles cougar inspired the world. The Griffith Park mountain lion P-22 will also make an appearance – don’t miss out on the chance to take a selfie with the world’s most famous cougar!

Urban Wildlife Panel Discussion featuring Beth Pratt Bergstrom, Miguel Ordeñana, and other local environmental leaders. Panelists will cover nature-based solutions for issues concerning urban wildlife, watersheds, and water capture as well as the effects of climate change on those issues. We will also learn from what we can do to make a difference. 

7:00-8:00 – Film Screening: The Cat That Changed America. Arrive early to get a good seat.

Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, the California Director for the National Wildlife Federation, will share excerpts from her book, When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California, at a special event at Wilder Ranch State Park on Saturday, Oct. 6

Beth Pratt, California’s Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation, will be presenting a program on how Los Angeles residents embraced living with the mountain lion known as P-22, and got behind the ongoing effort to build the largest wildlife crossing in the world over the busiest freeway in the country to help save a population of mountain lions from extinction.

On the occasion of the garden expansion within the gallery’s public courtyard, join Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles and Manuela restaurant for their second salon, which will focus on the strategic placement of natural spaces in urban environments and their impact on making a healthier city.

Mia Lehrer, noted LA-based Urbanist of Studio-MLA, and Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation, will share their unique knowledge, illuminating the ways in which ecological thinking can apply to civic infrastructure. This conversation will be moderated by Alissa Walker, Curbed LA Urbanism Editor.

Narratives of our relationship with nature and the challenges of sustainability increasingly infuse our culture. But how do we make these narratives personal and effective? Three writers guided by LA County Natural History Museum Community Science Senior Manager Lila Higgins will seek to answer these questions: Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, the California Director of the National Wildlife Federation on a mission to build a 101 freeway wildlife crossing, Florencia Ramirez who's challenged the nation to reduce our water intake, and Vince Beiser, who's telling the story of the hugely important but diminishing resource, sand. Featuring: Beth Pratt-Bergstrom (When Mountain Lions are Neighbors), Florencia Ramirez (Eat Less Water), Vince Beiser (The World in a Grain - out in August 2018), Lila Higgins, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum - Moderator

Talk time and subject TBA

The rugged mountains north of Los Angeles are home to one of America’s first national forests and one of its newest national monuments. Officially designated wildlands like the Angeles National Forest (created in 1892) and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (created in 2014) have long served the public and wildlife. But how can these green spaces better serve park-poor communities in the Los Angeles Basin? What hidden meanings can Southern California’s indigenous people, who have deep cultural and material connections with the land, share about these mountains? And how can animals that blur the line between wilderness and city help us rediscover the wildness of urban ecosystems close to home? Environmental historian Char Miller; urban wildlife expert Beth Pratt-Bergstrom; native-plants activist Nicholas Hummingbird; and an advocate for expanded access to green spaces for inner-city residents will discuss these questions and more in a dynamic discussion moderated by Nathan Masters of the USC Libraries and KCET’s Lost L.A.

When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors explores this evolving dynamic between humans and animals, including remarkable stories like how Californians are welcoming wolves back to the state after the incredible journey of the wolf OR-7, how park staff and millions of visitors rallied to keep Yosemite’s famed bears wild, and many more tales from across the state.

Join us! Beth will discuss these issues, sign copies of her book When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors, and answer your questions. A perfect afternoon for ALL AGES!

Come meet Beth Pratt-Bergstrom at Follies 17 and hear about the overpass project, and take a selfie with P22! Tickets required.

Join Ed Begley Jr. for the screening of The Cat That Changed America, where he'll moderate a panel with the environmental leaders in the film including Beth Pratt-Bergstrom from the National Wildlife Federation. Free, but call for reservation 310-600-5356.

A new documentary follows the story of Griffith Park mountain lion P-22, detailing his plight at being hemmed in by freeways and urban sprawl and the efforts to develop a wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon in Los Angeles. Following the screening, the filmmaker and featured wildlife experts will be on hand for a panel discussion with filmgoers.

The majesty of the two Getty sites—the Getty Center and the Getty Villa—depends in part on the dramatic landscapes surrounding them. In these settings, the Getty is neighbor to a thriving, but challenged, wildlife population that continually adapts to its urban setting. This panel with wildlife photographers Steve Winter and Johanna Turner, and National Park Service scientist Justin Brown examines how images can contribute to human-wildlife cohabitation. Moderated by Beth Pratt-Bergstrom.

Los Angeles may appear to be a concrete desert, but urban nature is all around us, from parks and open space to the birds and animals that inhabit the tree-lined streets. Even the city landscape shapes our relationship with nature, as we navigate by hills and ocean. The discussion will be followed by a signing of Pratt-Bergstrom's book When Mountain Lions are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California

Learn about the remarkable story of P-22, the cougar who crossed two major freeways to find a new home in the middle of Los Angeles, how his plight has rallied people around urban wildlife conservation, and what you can do here in Seattle to help wildlife like P-22. With Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, National Wildlife Federation.

Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, wildlife advocate, author and California Director for the National Wildlife Federation, will share tales of wild wonder from her new book, accompanied by LA’s celebrity mountain lion, P-22 (his likeness)

Wild gray wolves recently reappeared in California for the first time in nearly a century following the remarkable odyssey of wolf OR-7 into the state a few years earlier. California state director Beth Pratt-Bergstrom of the National Wildlife Federation will present this among a number of other wildlife stories in a slide presentation, “When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: Wildlife in Today’s California,” at the Oakhurst Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9. The program is free and the public is welcome.

Banquet Presentation:  Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, TWS-WS member, wildlife advocate, author and California Director for the National Wildlife Federation, will share tales of wild wonder from her new book, When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: Wildlife in Today’s California.

Author Beth Pratt-Bergstrom will discuss the evolving dynamic between humans and animals in California and sign copies of her book, When Mountain Lions are Neighbors. Free and open to the public.

Author Beth Pratt-Bergstrom will discuss the evolving dynamic between humans and animals in California and sign copies of her book, When Mountain Lions are Neighbors. Free and open to the public. Marine mammal biologist Bill Keener (featured in the book) will also be there and includes a bookfair with Wildcare.

This tribute to one of the Bay Area's most iconic celebrity writers will be moderated by Heyday founder Malcolm Margolin and will include authors Jonah Raskin (The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution) and Gerald Haslam (Jack London's Golden State: Selected California Writings), science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal (Citizen Scientist), California Director of the National Wildlife Federation Beth Pratt-Bergstrom (When Mountain Lions are Neighbors), Heyday's Steve Wasserman, and special guest librarian Tarnel Abbott, great granddaughter of Jack London.