Saturday, December 15, 2012, Time and Location TBA

Learn the art of tracking the Bay Area's local cat species - Mountain Lion and Bobcat - at Catscapes Tracking Series in Marin County

To learn more and to register, click here.

Saturday, November 10, 2012, Time and Location TBA

Learn the art of tracking the Bay Area's local cat species - Mountain Lion and Bobcat - at Catscapes Tracking Series in Marin County

To learn more and to register, click here.

Saturday, October 27, 2012, 10:00am - 2:00pm

Visit us at Wildlife Education Day at McClellan Ranch Preserve in Cupertino, CA. Sponsored by Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Wildlife Education Day has become one of the premier festivals in the Bay Area where hundreds of families come together to celebrate and learn about birds, nature, ecology, and wildlife. This event is free!

To learn more, visit the Santa Clara Valley Audubon website.

Friday and Saturday, October 12-13, All Day in Oakland, CA

Felidae is attending the NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) 41st Annual Conference.

For more information and if you are interested in attending, visit the NAAEE website.

Tuesday, October 9, All Day at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands

Felidae is participating in Wildlife Day with the Environmental Forum of Marin at the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands.

This event is closed to the public.

Thursday, September 20, 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Join Felidae at this exciting event at the Oakland Zoo for Living with Mountain Lions by Zara McDonald, Felidae's Executive Director.

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Thursday and Friday, January 24-25, 2013, All Day at the UC Davis Freeborn Hall

Felidae is participating in the 2nd Rangeland Science Symposium & 8th Annual California Rangeland Conservation Coalition Summit. The topic is: Today’s Rangeland Management - Integrating Science, Practices, Partnerships and Policy.

Learn more and register at the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition website.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 7pm at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma

Join us at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue for an evening with our Executive Director, Zara McDonald.

Visit the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue website for more information.

Saturday, April 20, 2013, 11am to 4pm in San Lorenzo Park

Visit us at Earth Day Santa Cruz 2013 - It is an exciting community event offering educational information, activities for kids including an arts and crafts tent, live music and a focus on green businesses. Come and enjoy this fun environmental celebration for the whole family!

For more information, visit the Earth Day Santa Cruz website.

Sunday, April 21, 2013, 11am to 5pm at Redwood High School in Larkspur

Visit us at Earth Day Marin - A day of FREE family-friendly, earth-friendly fun!

For more information, visit the Earth Day Marin website.

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 6:00pm to 7:00pm at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park in Julian, CA at the Green Valley Campfire Center

Southern California Residents - Join us Cuyamaca Rancho State Park for Let's Talk About Mountain Lions by our Executive Director, Zara McDonald.

More information coming soon.

Saturday, August 3, 2013, 11:00am to 4:00pm in "Beaver Park" at the corner of Marina Vista and Alhambra Ave in Martinez, CA

Visit us at the 6th Annual Beaver Festival

For more information, visit the Martinez Beavers website.

Saturday, September 14, 2013, 3:00pm at Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation in Santa Rosa, CA

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with Felidae's Executive Director, Zara McDonald.

For more information, visit the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation website.

Thursday, September 26, 2013, 7:00pm at the San Anselmo Town Council Chamber with the Friends of Corte Madera Creek

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with Felidae's Executive Director, Zara McDonald.

For more information, visit the Friends of Corte Madera Creek website.

Sunday, October 20, 2013, 9:00am to 4:30pm at Cornerstone Sonoma

Visit us at the Wine Country Optics and Nature Festival.

For more information, visit the Sonoma Birding website.

Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:00am to 3:00pm at Blackberry Farm in Cupertino, CA

Visit us at the 2013 22nd Annual Santa Clara Valley Wildlife Education Day.

More information coming soon!

Saturday, October 26, 2013, 11:00am to 4pm at Cal State East Bay

Visit us at Bay Area Science Festival Discovery Days. The biennial celebration at CSUEB has been in place since 1974 and joined the Bay Area Science Festival effort in 2011. The past edition featured over 50 activities, including a chemistry magic show, Life of a Criminalist, Geophysical Prospecting, sea slugs and so much more.

For more information, visit the Bay Area Science Festival website.

Saturday, November 2, 2013, 11:00am to 4pm at AT&T Park in San Francisco

Visit us at Bay Area Science Festival Discovery Days at AT&T Park. AT&T Park becomes a science wonderland when the Bay Area Science Festival concludes again with this FREE science extravaganza. The entire ballpark is packed to the rafters with science content: on the field, at every entry/exit, and every level of the ballpark. With more than 150 hands-on exhibits, get ready to unleash your inner scientist.

For more information, visit the Bay Area Science Festival website.

Monday, November 4, 2013, 7:00pm at the Central Library in Vancouver B.C., Canada

Join Paula Wild, author of The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous, and Zara McDonald from the California-based Felidae Conservation Fund as they give presentations about sharing our environment with the enigmatic cougar.

For more information, visit the Vancouver Public Library website.

Saturday, November 16, 2013, Time TBD at the Hayward Library

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with Felidae's President, Zara McDonald.

More information coming soon.

Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:00pm to 1:30pm at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, CA - Osher Great Hall of the Lurie Education Center

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions as part of the Wild Places, Wild Things! Conservation Lecture Series at the San Francisco Zoo. Admission is free.

More information coming soon.

Thursday, January 16, 2014, 6:30pm at the Wetlands Educational Resource Center at Pajaro Valley High School

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with Watsonville Wetlands Watch.

More information coming soon.

Thursday, February 13, 2014, 12:00pm at the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions at Point Reyes National Seashore.

For more information, visit the National Park Service website.

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 7:30pm at the Randall Museum in San Francisco, CA

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with the SF Natural History Series .

For more information, visit the SF Natural History Series Website.

Sunday, April 6, 2014, 11:00am to 5:00pm at Redwood High School in Larkspur

Felidae is participating in Earth Day Marin!

For more information, visit the Earth Day Marin Website.

Saturday, April 19, 2014, 11:00am to 4:00pm in Downtown Napa

Felidae is participating in Earth Day Napa!

For more information, visit the Earth Day Napa Website.

Saturday, April 19, 2014, 12:00pm to 4:00pm in Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa

Felidae is participating in the Santa Rosa Earth Day Festival!

For more information, visit the Santa Rosa Earth Day Festival Website.

Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27, 2014, 10:00am to 4:00pm at Mount Diablo State Park

Felidae is participating in Celebrate on the Mountain - We will be stationed at Juniper Campground!

For more information, visit the event website.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, at the Back Bay Science Center in Newport Beach, CA.

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions at the Back Bay Science Center!

For more information, visit the Back Bay Science Center Website.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Marinwood Community Center in San Rafael, CA

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions at the Marinwood Community Center.

For more information, visit the Marin County Parks website.

Sunday, August 24, 2014, 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Oakland Zoo

Appreciate the majestic lion at Oakland Zoo with fun activities and learning in Flamingo Plaza and at the lion decks! Face Painting, Selfie photos, keeper talks and special lion enrichment! Come on over and roar with us! Visit the Felidae Table at the lion decks!

For more information, visit the event website.

Sunday, September 14, 2014, 10:00am to 4:00pm at Cornerstone Sonoma

Sonoma Birding will host another festive day long event featuring most of the major binoculars and scopes companies in the USA along with extraordinary nature organizations along with distinguished nature artists and authors from Northern California. Free family event and free parking at the beautiful Cornerstone Gardens, 23570 Arnold Drive, Sonoma 95476. Visit our table at this great event!

For more information, visit the event website.

Saturday, September 27, 2014, 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Bohemia Ecological Preserve near Occidental, CA

Join us and LandPaths for a hike at the Bohemia Ecological Preserve! We'll explore this beautiful property for a look at some of the evidence of our resident pumas. The 3-4 mile hike itself will take us into serpentine grasslands through oak forests and along creeks. Cost is $25 to attend. Register at the link below.

For more information and to REGISTER, visit the event website.

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 11:00am to 4:00pm at Youth Science Institute - Alum Rock Park in San Jose, CA

Join us at this FREE family festival at Alum Rock.

For more information, visit the event website.

Saturday, August 2, 2014, 11:00am to 4:00pm at Beaver Park in Martinez, CA

Felidae is participating in the Martinez Beaver Festival!

For more information, visit the event website.

Thursday, October 16, 2014, 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the Corte Madera Library in Corte Madera, CA

Join us for Mountain Lions Among Us with the Corte Madera Library.

For more information, visit the Marin County Free Library Website.

Thursday, October 23, 2014, 7:00pm to 8:30pm at Marin Humane Society in Novato, CA

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with the Marin Humane Society.

For more information, visit the Marin Humane Society website.

Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26, 2014, 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Oakland Zoo

Visit the Oakland Zoo for our annual Halloween event, Boo at the Zoo! Stroll the Zoo in costume and collect yummy treats. Ride the spooky boo train and join the costume parade. Plus, get your face painted, make treats for the animals, and see how the animals at the Oakland Zoo celebrate Halloween. Kids in costumes receive a free ride ticket.

For more information, visit the event website.

Saturday, November 1, 2014, 10:00am to 4:00pm at Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA

Felidae is participating in Bay Area Science Festival - North Bay Science Discovery Day!

For more information, visit the event website.

Monday, November 10, 2014, Doors open at 6:30pm and start is at 7:00pm at the Belmont or San Carlos Library

Community meeting about learning to live with mountain lions.

More information coming soon.

Saturday and Sunday February 14 and 15, 2014, 11:00am to 5:00pm at the San Jose Convention Center

Visit us at Family Science Days #FamSciDays in San Jose!

For more information, visit the AAAS website.

Wednesday, March 18, 6:30pm Reception and 7:00pm Lecture

Join us, the Oakland Zoo, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Mountain Lion Foundation for Action for Mountain Lions. Admission is $12-20 sliding scale.

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Saturday, April 18, 10am to 4pm at John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, CA

Visit us at John Muir Birthday–Earth Day Celebration!

For more information, visit the John Muir Association website.

Saturday, April 18, 10am to 3pm at Oakland Zoo

Visit us for Earth Day 2015 - Party for the Planet!

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Tuesday, April 22, 7:00pm at Millbrae Library

Join us for Learning to Live with Mountain Lions!

For more information, visit the Millbrae Library website.

Saturday, April 25, 11am to 4pm at Little Basin

Visit us at Little Basin Camping and Recreation Festival!

For more information, visit the Little Basin website.

Saturday, June 13, 10:30am to 3:30pm at Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, CA

Visit us at the Green Kids Conference!

For more information, visit the Green Kids Conference website.

Saturday, June 13, 2pm to 7pm at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA

Visit us at the Baylands Music and Food Festival!

For more information, visit the Baylands Festival Eventbrite page.

Tuesday, August 4, 7:30pm at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions!

For more information, visit the Belvedere-Tiburon Library website.

Saturday, August 22, 10am-3pm at the Oakland Zoo

Visit us at the Lion Appreciation Day at Oakland Zoo!

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Saturday, September 19, 11am-3pm at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve

Visit us at the Coyote Valley Family Harvest Feast!

For more information, visit the Eventbrite event page.

Sunday, October 4, 11am-4pm at Alum Rock Park in San Jose, CA

Visit us at the 30th Annual Wildlife Festival!

More information coming soon!

Thursday, October 8, Time and Location To Be Announced Soon

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions!

For more information, visit the Sequoia Audubon Website.

Wednesday, October 14, 7:00pm at The Black and White Center, 964 Pearl St, Suite B, Napa, CA

Join us for Living with Mountain Lions with the Napa County RCD!

For more information, visit the Napa County RCD website.

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25, 10am-3pm BOTH DAYS at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, CA

Visit us at Oakland Zoo's Boo at the Zoo!

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Saturday, October 24, 11am-4pm at the Cal State East Bay Hayward Campus

Visit us at the Bay Area Science Festival's Discovery Day at Cal State East Bay!

For more information, visit the Bay Area Science Festival website.

Saturday, November 21, 10am at Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz, California

Felidae is speaking about co-existing with mountain lions at San Francisco Regional Mensa's Brilliance by the Bay!

For more information, visit the Mensa website.

Saturday, March 19, 2016, 1:00pm to 3:30pm at Sulphur Creek Nature Center in Hayward, CA

Join us for this special presentation at Sulphur Creek Nature Center to learn about California's most controversial, powerful, and elusive carnivore. Find out how this keystone predator plays a critical role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems. Cost: $18/person

For more information, visit the Sulphur Creek Nature Center website.

Saturday, April 16, 2016, 10:00am to 2:00pm at Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, CA

Visit us at the Ulistac Annual Wildflower Day!

For more information, visit the Ulistac website.

Saturday, April 23, 2016, 11am to 4pm in Downtown Napa, CA

Visit us at Earth Day Napa and learn more about the Bay Area Puma Project's activities in the North Bay!

For more information, visit the Earth Day Napa website.

Saturday, April 23, 2016, 10am to 3pm at Oakland Zoo in Oakland, CA

Visit us at Earth Day at Oakland Zoo!

More details to be announced soon!

Thursday, April 28, 2016, 7:00pm at Green Valley Country Club, Mansion Ballroom, 35 Country Club Drive, Green Valley

Recent sightings of mountain lions in and around Green Valley have prompted GVLA to invite Zara McDonald, Executive Director of Felidae Conservation Fund, to present information about mountain lion (also called pumas) biology and ecology. Regional research currently underway will be discussed along with mountain lion presence and viability at urban wildland interfaces in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area Puma Project is a multi-faceted study launched to research mountain lions, educate the public, and recommend responsible development that considers local wildlife and their habitats.

Mountain lions play a critical role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems. However, expansion of human populations is causing increasing encounters and conflicts between humans and mountain lions, and growing tensions in our local communities. Felidae discusses mountain lion ecology and history, the challenges of sharing the habitat with mountain lions, and offers essential tips for living and recreating without fear in mountain lion country.

For more information, email info@felidaefund.org.

Saturday, August 6, 2016, 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Oakland Zoo

Lions are one of the most popular and iconic animals in the world - but the King of the Beasts is in trouble in the wild. It is estimated there are fewer than 30,000 lions left in all of Africa due to habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict, and our own California mountain lions face similar challenges. Learning about and appreciating lions helps, and you can be part of it. Let's celebrate the majestic lion at Oakland Zoo this August, in honor of World Lion Day - come on over and roar for lions with us!

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Sunday, September 11, 2016, 10:00am to 4:00pm at 20 Spain Street on the historic Sonoma Plaza

Visit us at the 2016 Wine Country Optics & Nature Festival! Experience the latest binocular and spotting scope technology from the biggest names in the business. A full ranger of optics and experts from across the U.S. from ten leading companies will be on hand to assist with both demos and purchase. Northern CA. conservation organizations, artists and photographers, representing a wide range of natures wonders, will be participating. The free family event, sponsored by Sonoma Birding and Out of this World Optics, will be hosted with the California State Parks, on the Plaza Mall in Sonoma, California. All are welcomed!

For more information, visit the Sonoma Birding website.

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 10:00am to 6:00pm in San Francisco

Visit us at the 2016 WCN Expo! Tickets will go on sale August 16.

For more information, visit the Wildlife Conservation Network website.

Saturday, October 22, 2016, 11:00am-4:00pm at Shane's Inspiration Universal Playground Griffith Park

Join us! Free and Open to the Public. Don’t miss this fun community event celebrating LA’s resident and world famous mountain lion. You can pose with P-22 in a photobooth, try out a virtual reality experience of a wildlife crossing and the LA River, meet Ranger Rick, learn from experts on how to coexist with wildlife, view an urban wildlife garden installation, join in with the California Conservation Corps for a Bioblitz Dance, go on a ranger led walk, take a workshop on how to set up a wildlife camera, listen to live music, enjoy delicious food, and discover many more exhibits and activities from:

The National Wildlife Federation
Los Angeles Unified School District, Northwest
Virtual Reality: LA River Experience
National Park Service
Los Angeles Museum of Natural History
and many more!

For more information, visit the Urban Wildlife Week website.

Sunday, October 23, 2016, 1:00pm to 2:30pm at the Osher Great Hall of the Lurie Education Center, San Francisco Zoo

Please join us for Science Sunday, part of the Wild Places, Wild Things! Conservation Lecture Series. Felidae Conservation Fund presents Living with Mountain Lions, a discussion about protecting mountain lions in the Bay Area.

Mountain lions (also called pumas and cougars) are keystone predators that play a critical role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems. However, expansion of human populations is causing increasing encounters and conflicts between humans and pumas. San Francisco-based and globally-working wild cat conservation organization, Felidae Conservation Fund, will discuss work currently underway to study and protect mountain lions through its flagship project, Bay Area Puma Project. Join us to learn about mountain ecology and history, the challenges of sharing the habitat with mountain lions, and essential tips for living and recreating without fear in puma habitat.
The public is welcome to attend the lecture at no charge. Content is recommended for ages 12 and older.

For more information, visit the San Francisco Zoo website.

Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30, 2016, 10:00am to 3:00pm at Oakland Zoo

Visit us at Boo at the Zoo! For the fourth year in a row, the Bay Area Science Festival has helped make this Halloween event a science-themed weekend - featuring a scavenger hunt-style trick or treating adventure, up-close animal encounters, spooky interactive stations, and a Wildlife Theater presentation focused on creepy crawly animals.

Child friendly activities will take place throughout the Zoo, including a treat table where families can create Halloween goodies for the Zoo’s animals.

Boo at the Zoo is a day-time opportunity for families to bring out their noble Ninja Turtles, tiny Tinker Bells, precious Princesses, and spectacular Superheroes to an outdoor adventure filled with spooktackular fun.

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Saturday, November 5, 2016, 10:00am to 4:00pm at AT&T Park in San Francisco

Visit us at Discovery Days at AT&T Park! AT&T Park becomes a science wonderland when the Bay Area Science Festival concludes again with this FREE science extravaganza. The entire ballpark is packed to the rafters with science content: on the field, at every entry/exit, and every level of the ballpark. With more than 150 hands-on exhibits, get ready to unleash your inner scientist.

For more information, visit the Bay Area Science Festival website.

Saturday, April 1, 2017, 10am-2pm at Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, CA

Visit us at the Ulistac Annual Wildflower Day!

For more information, visit the Event website. More details to be released soon.

Saturday, April 15, 2017, 10am-3pm at the Oakland Zoo

Visit us at the Oakland Zoo for Earth Day!

For more information, visit the Oakland Zoo website.

Saturday, April 22, 2017, 12pm-4pm in Downtown Santa Rosa

Visit us at Earth Day in Santa Rosa! Join Santa Rosa for our 8th Annual Earth Day Festival Downtown. This fun, FREE, and family-friendly Festival is a great way to inspire awareness and build community through environmental protection.

Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy great food, live performances OnStage, local and earth friendly products, and eco-friendly crafts and activities for kids.

Get involved by learning about solutions to address environmental concerns in our community.

For more information, visit the Event website.

Sunday, April 30, 2017, 3pm-4:30pm at the Wunderlich County Park in Woodside, CA

Join us for this event featuring Zara McDonald, founder of the Bay Area Puma Project and Felidae Conservation Fund. Learn about mountain lion ecology and history, the challenges of sharing habitat with mountain lions, and learn essential tips for living and recreating without fear in puma habitat. We will also learn about tracking efforts in Huddart & Wunderlich Parks and enjoy engaging photos and video.

This activity is free of charge and presented by the Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Friends.

For more information, visit the Event website.

Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, 2016, 11am-6pm, both days in Fairfax, CA

Visit us at the Fairfax Eco-Fest!

For more information, visit the Event website.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 5:00pm at the St. Helena Library

San Francisco-based and globally-working wild cat conservation organization, Felidae Conservation Fund, gives an engaging and inspiring presentation about mountain lions and the work currently underway to study and protect them. Felidae Conservation Fund is a non-profit that aims to advance the conservation of wild cats and their habitats planetwide through a combination of groundbreaking research, compelling education and cutting-edge technology. Felidae works in both North and South America on different mountain lion research and conservation projects. The flagship project is the Bay Area Puma Project – www.bapp.org. These keystone predators (also called pumas and cougars) play a critical role in maintaining the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems. However, expansion of human populations is causing increasing encounters and conflicts between humans and pumas, and growing tensions in our local communities. Felidae discusses mountain lion ecology and history, the challenges of sharing the habitat with mountain lions, and offers essential tips for living and recreating without fear in puma habitat.

For more information, visit the St. Helena Library website. More details coming soon.

Saturday, August 5 and Sunday, August 6, 2017 at the San Francisco Zoo

Visit us at Wild Cat Weekend!

For more information, visit the San Francisco website.