Mountain lion sighted in Carneros

By MIKE TRELEVEN
Register Staff Writer

The Napa Sheriff's Department received a call of a potential mountain lion sighting in the Carneros District around the area of the Carneros Inn and Old Sonoma Road in the south county.

The time of the sighting could not be verified Tuesday afternoon by the sheriff’s department.

Historically, it is not unusual for a mountain lion be sighted in the Carneros District, according to the Department of Fish & Game.

Deputies were checking the area for potential tracks.

Fish & Game workers said Tuesday they had not received a report of a mountain lion sighting in Carneros or anywhere else in Napa County.

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