Nebraska

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Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2200 N. 33rd Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
Telephone: (402) 471-0641

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Nebraska Bill LB747

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Although cougars were part of Nebraska's native fauna, they were extirpated by the end of the 19th century. Despite annual reports since the 1950s, no confirmed sighting was made in the state until the 1990s. In 1991 a deer was found killed by a cougar and shortly after an adult cougar was shot by a hunter near Harrison, in Sioux County.

In January of 2009 the Game and Parks Commission confirmed the presence of a cougar in Platte County. Additionally, a cougar was shot by police officers in Scotts Bluff County after it was found roaming the area in January 2009.

The majority of confirmed cougar observation reports come from the panhandle area in close proximity to Colorado, Wyoming or South Dakota, all states with extant mountain lion populations. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is interested in verifying cougar observations in Nebraska.

To go to the Nebraska Game and Park Commission's page on cougars, click here.

Legislative Bill 747

Please write, call or email the following senators that are on the Natural Resources Committee:

Chris Langemeier

Home: 408 Elk St., Schuyler, NE 68661

Office: Room 1210, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2719

Fax: (402) 438-4380

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Annette M. Dubas

Home: 54906 N. 180 Ave., Fullerton, NE 68638

Office: Room 1018, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2630

Fax: (402) 479-0934

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Tanya Cook

Office: Room 1115, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2727

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Tom Carlson

Home: 1112 Brown St., Holdrege, NE 68949

Office: Room 1022, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2732

Fax: (402) 479-0938

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Deb Fischer

Home: Box 54, Valentine, NE 69201

Office: Room 1110, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2628

Fax: (402) 479-0943

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Ken Haar

Office: Room 1017, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2673

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Beau McCoy

Office: Room 1522, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2885

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Ken Schilz

Office: Room 1202, PO Box 94604, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: (402) 471-2616

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To go to the Nebraska Game and Park Commission's page on cougars, click here.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2200 N. 33rd Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
Telephone: (402) 471-0641

website

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