Mountain lion spotted near elementary school in Meyers

A mountain lion was seen near the Environmental Magnet School in Meyers on Monday morning.

El Dorado County sheriff’s officials said the animal was walking in someone’s front yard about 9am July 30.

“It did not appear threatening or injured, and then walked away from the area,” sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum told Lake Tahoe News.

He is asking people to be on alert, especially with the number of children in the area playing at the school and attending the nearby child care center.

This is the second mountain lion sighting in the county in the past few weeks. The other was near the meadow area between Hunkpapa and Golden Bear Trail.

Mountain lions are native to this area, and travel and hunt throughout the Sierra and Lake Tahoe Basin.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report