Enjoy a variety of videos and photographs capturing the elusive and majestic cougar, learn about cougar habitats, and experience educational programs.
During the late winter of 1999, Tom Mangelsen photographed and filmed a mother cougar and her two kittens outside Jackson, WY. This video includes rare footage of wild cougar kittens interacting with each other and their surroundings.
Project CAT (cougars and teaching) was established in 2000 as a partnership between the Cle Elum-Roslyn school district and the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WSDFW) to research the impacts of local development on cougar habitat and behavior along the eastern slopes of Washington's Cascade range.
"Spirit" was the name given to the mother cougar who raised her kittens on Miller Butte in Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge. Starting on February 14, 1999, and for 42 days afterward, Tom Mangelsen photographed the cougar family. The photographs formed the basis of "Spirit of the Rockies," written by Cara Blessely Lowe. On the 10th anniversary of this unique wildlife event, Tom and Cara remember Spirit, the cougar that inspired the creation of The Cougar Fund.
What are the odds of being attacked by a cougar? The answer will amaze you.
Your donation to the Cougar Fund helps protect the cougar throughout the Americas.
The Spirt of the Rockies was shot and produced by Tom Mangelsen and Cara Blessley Lowe, founders of the Cougar Fund.
This video contains footage of wild cougars outside of Jackson, WY, as well as footage of a cougar hunt.
Your donation to the Cougar Fund helps protect the cougar throughout the Americas.
Starting on February 14th, 1999, and for a period of approximately 40 days, photographer Tom Mangelsen had unprecedented access to a wild cougar mother and her three kittens. Tom's photos became the basis for the book Spirit of the Rockies, and the formation of The Cougar Fund.
From 2001 through 2008, students, teachers and scientists teamed up in Cle Elum, Washington in a unique cougar research project where they worked in the field to track, capture and radio-collar cougars.