Kudremukh National Park

Kudremukh National Park is located in the Chikkamagaluru and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka.
It stretches from the Narasimha Parvat in the north to the Jamalabad Fort in the south.
It is the second-largest wildlife-protected area in the Western Ghats.
It was established as a Reserved Forest in the year 1916.
In 1987 it was declared a National Park.
The Tunga, the Bhadra and the Nethravathi rivers originate from this national park.
The famous Kadambi waterfalls are also located in the Kudremukh National Park.
It has the single largest contiguous population of Lion Tailed Macaque (LTM) in the world, tropical wet evergreen forests, top three carnivores (Tiger, Leopard, and wild dogs)
Vegetation: Dense forest cover primarily consists of semi-evergreen and evergreen trees.
Flora:
- Rare flora on the edge of extinction, such as the Nilambur Cobra Lily and the South Indian Jewel Orchid, can be found here.
- In addition, there are many trees, including eucalyptus, acacia, silk oaks, casuarinas, and others.
Fauna:
- It houses a variety of wildlife such as the leopard, Malabar giant squirrel, sloth bear, gaur, sambar, jackal, mongoose, tiger, wild dog, common langur etc.
- It is home to a variety of birds, such as the Malabar trogon, Malabar whistling thrush, and the imperial pigeon.

Latest news about Kudremukh National Park

20 April 2023:
- Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) recently sought post-facto approval for submerging 700 acres of forest in the Kudremukh Range at the heart of Western Ghats about 20 years ago.