Least Concern → watch
Indian Leopard
Panthera pardus fusca
The valley's top predator, moving unseen through the dry deciduous cover — and increasingly, along the sanctuary's edge.
Go There
Three stories, one forest under pressure.
Water & Wild
When the waterholes dry, the wild leaves the boundary.
Animals are moving past the sanctuary's edge in search of water and food — straight into farmland, and into conflict.
Go thereThe Plastic Trail
Tourism is growing faster than the forest can absorb it.
Go thereHolding the Line
Standing with the forest department's line staff.
Go thereStanding Need
Strategic planning. Capacity. Livelihoods. Local hands on the wheel.
No single fix. A contested landscape needs coordinated, local-first work — not another outside plan.