Two twelve year old
girls, Stephanie McClintock and Adriana Kramer, are out looking for wildflowers in the Eastern Sierras. Unbeknownst to them, someone is watching them. A lone cougar. Fortunately, the girls get away from the
incident with nothing more than a
good scare. The situation could have been so much worse. Nonetheless, the incident sparks off debate in the community about human safety versus wildlife
protection. Tinnemaha Creek does a really good job of illustrating both sides of the wild protection issue. Are we the intruders into their
natural territory or the rightful heirs to all that we survey? Can we find a happy balance between keeping natural habitats and enjoying
nature for our own purposes?