FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows cougar known as P-81. If hikers, bikers, campers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts haven't encountered a mountain lion while in the California wilderness, they likely know somebody who has. The big cats that can weigh more than 150 pounds (68 kg) inhabit diverse habitats across the state where people live and recreate, including inland forests, coastal chaparral, foothills and mountains. (National Park Service via AP)
FILE - An overview of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which will eventually be built over the 101 freeway, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Agoura Hills, Calif. While the prospect of attacks on people is frightening, the truth is humans kill more cougars than the other way around. Mountain lion deaths on California roadways are a common occurrence, and are tracked as part of a two-decade study of the animals by the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)
FILE - A fire crew walks past a sign at a proposed site for a wildlife crossing in Agoura Hills, Calif., Thursday, July 25, 2019. If hikers, bikers, campers, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts haven't encountered a mountain lion while in the California wilderness, they likely know somebody who has. The big cats that can weigh more than 150 pounds (68 kg) inhabit diverse habitats across the state where people live and recreate, including inland forests, coastal chaparral, foothills and mountains. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - This November 2014, file photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in the Griffith Park area near downtown Los Angeles. Scientists have been studying the lions since 2002 in and around Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains to determine how they survive in a fragmented and urbanized environment. The most famous cougar in the study, who became a kind of unofficial Los Angeles mascot, was P-22. After crossing two heavily traveled freeways and making his home in LA's urban Griffith Park — home of the Hollywood Sign — P-22 became a symbol for California's endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity. (U.S. National Park Service, via AP, File)