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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
PUBLIC MEETING: Draft Environmental Assessment for Limiting Mountain Lion Predation on Desert Bighorn Sheep on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
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Pivot Point Conference Center - 200 South Madison Avenue, Yuma AZ
PUBLIC MEETING: Draft Environmental Assessment for Limiting Mountain Lion Predation on Desert Bighorn Sheep on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Public Meeting - September 16, 2009 6:30 pm
Pivot Point Conference Center
200 South Madison Avenue, Yuma AZ
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Former Tejon Ranch hunting guide says mountain lions were killed illegally at the ranchLA Times | 2011-05-17 Claims made in Bron Sanders' wrongful termination suit are being investigated by the California Department of Fish and Game. Ranch management denies the allegations. |
Drought drove Mountain Lion into downtown El PasoKHOU | 2011-05-18 El PASO, Texas -- "We’re encroaching so much into their habitat," explained biologist Balin. "A large predator or mammal needs a lot of habitat to support themselves so we have to have regional planning and develop areas very carefully so we can accommodate wildlife and their habitat." |
Bighorn sheep may have adapted to mountain lionsYumaSun.com | 2011-07-12 Although still a favorite snack for hungry mountain lions, bighorn sheep may have adapted to the presence of the predator, which may account for steadier herd population numbers on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. |
Mountain lion caught, killed in UkiahThe Ukiah Daily Journal | 2011-03-11 A mountain lion suspected of killing sheep was trapped and killed in Ukiah off Doolan Canyon Drive Thursday morning, the California Department of Fish and Game reported. |
SD mountain lion season just 3 shy of limitKCAU TV | 2011-02-14 RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's main mountain hunting season is just three short of its limit after hunters in Lawrence County killed 2 of the big cats on Friday. That brings the total for the 2011 season to 42, three short of the limit of 45. |
West Coast cougars among most difficult to trackCanada.com | 2011-02-16 Study says conservation management fundamentally flawed...the cougar is among her most challenging specimens to keep track of in the region's densely forested areas. |
G&F woes preceded jaguar captureArizona Daily Star | 2011-02-07 In page after page of testimony, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials portrayed jaguar researcher Emil McCain as a man who manipulated, "played" and led them down a primrose path toward the capture of jaguar Macho B that ended in tragedy. But in the same testimony, the officials portrayed their department as one that was able to be played because it was plagued by internal problems, personality conflicts and poor communication. |
Federal Cougar Hunters Must Obey California LawCommonDreams.org | 2011-01-19 Federal contract hunters employed by the California Department of Fish & Game may not use poison, snares, leg-hold or metal-jawed traps to kill mountain lions, even when the lions pose a threat to Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, according to a new Legislative Counsel opinion released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). |
One kitten killed, others rescued in lion season ironyRapid City Journal | 2011-01-18 One mountain lion kitten has been shot and killed during the first two weeks of the 2011 cougar-hunting season, while three other kittens have been rescued for shipment to zoos after their mother was killed by another hunter. |
Truth comes out in area mountain lion killingThe Kansas CIty Star | 2011-01-13 He didn’t shoot the big cat. It was a mile down the road, not even on his land, when killed. And while he still says a lion might have got one of his calves, no cow meat was found in the cat’s belly. |
SD MOUNTAIN LION MANAGEMENT PLAN—PUBLIC COMMENTSSouth Dakota Game, Fish & Parks | 2011-01-12 Only 13 (or 12%) of the people who responded were in favor of current mountain lion management/hunting objectives in South Dakota. |
Charges unlikely for mountain lion shooting, MDC saysRichmond News | 2011-01-06 On the ground Sunday evening stood Bob Littleton, a Ray County cattleman holding a .22-caliber rifle. In the tree, 40 feet away, was something a cattleman statistically shouldn’t find in his rural Kansas City-area backyard. |
Columbia conservation scientists study cougarColumbia Daily Tribune | 2011-01-06 The body of a cougar killed Sunday night in rural Ray County was brought to Missouri Department of Conservation officials in Columbia yesterday for study. |
Steinwand clarifies some questions on recent mountain lion shootingBismarck Tribune | 2010-12-31 The story of the 15-year-old girl shooting a mountain lion near her home south of Bismarck has generated a lot of interest in various circles. |
Female lion hunts endGreat Falls Tribune | 2010-12-20 Hunting for female mountain lions in central Montana hunting districts 422, 423, 424, 425 and 442, which include portions of Lewis & Clark and Teton counties, closes half an hour after sunset on Saturday. |
GF&P commissioner who faced term-limit suit resignsRapid City Journal | 2010-06-15 An Aberdeen man who has served on the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission has resigned after being sued by a frequent critic of the board. |
Mountain lion management plan angers conservationistsYuma Sun | 2010-06-01 Ecologists and conservationists are calling the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's new mountain lion management plan a way to continue killing rare desert lions so it can manage the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as a bighorn sheep game farm. |
Refuge plan for lions, sheep completeYuma Sun | 2010-05-24 Under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's new mountain lion management plan, when the bighorn sheep population on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is above 800, if a mountain lion kills two or more bighorn sheep within a six-month period, it won't have to be lethally removed from the refuge |
Lead veterinarian sues to oust GF&P commissionerRapid City Journal | 2010-04-20 A frequent critic of the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has asked a judge to bar a commissioner from finishing his term on the panel that sets rules for hunting, fishing and other outdoors activities because he has served too long. |
The Day the Safety Net FailedMountain Lion Foundation | 2010-03-26 A year ago two tiny mountain lion kittens exposed a huge hole in California’s mountain lion protection policies. Even the state known for setting the standard in lion protection still has work to do before mountain lions will truly be "specially protected." |
Face-to-face with a lionOmaha World Herald | 2010-02-24 Rancher Dale Wellnitz trailed fresh mountain lion tracks across his northwest Nebraska ranchstead before they seemed to vanish near the barn. |
Maybe you can be too safeBy The Kansas City Star Editorial Board | 2010-02-15 His law also protects Kansans from the dangers posed by wolves. Wildlife officials note there haven’t even been rumors of wolves in the state (they are endangered and federally protected) in 40 years. No word yet on whether Holmes will add Bengal tigers and Great White sharks to the open season list. |
Poaching bill's punch restoredArgus Leader | 2010-02-08 A bill that would raise the fines for poaching trophy wildlife in the state was amended back to its original language Thursday, setting up a vote by the full state Senate. |
Humane Society ranks N.D. low on animal protection lawsGrand Forks Herald | 2010-02-10 North Dakota ranks near the bottom and Minnesota in the middle in a 50-state ranking by the Humane Society of the United States on a wide range of animal protection laws. |
State should outlaw killing of rare speciesState should outlaw killing of rare species | 2009-12-21 What a sad day for the state of Iowa when beautiful species as the mountain lion is killed for no other justification than to have a taxidermist mount it into a full mount. |
Oregon cougar hunting plan draws protestsAP - Brad Cain | 2009-10-12 Wildlife advocates are protesting the state's move to expand a program to hunt cougars to reduce conflicts with livestock, big game, people and pets. |
Arizona Cougar Shooting Plan MisguidedPEER Press Release -Daniel Patterson & Kirsten Stade | 2009-10-08 Federal and state agencies are on the verge of biological malpractice in their plans to continue “lethal removals” of a small, shrinking cougar population based in Arizona’s Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, according to comments filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). |
Predatory mountain lion killedPredatory mountain lion killed | 0000-00-00 State game officials killed another collared mountain lion that they say has been preying on bighorn sheep in the Kofa Mountains Complex Predation Management Area. |
Random Arizona Diamondbacks Notes » Next Story Critical bighorn sheep population continues to struggFanster.com | 2009-08-24 Feds seek comment on draft EA; proposed action will allow needed management |
Bambi gone wild!Ken White President, Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA | 2009-07-29 .....Wildlife (everyone from snails and mice to deer and mountain lion) are coming to your backyard because there's a reason, or likely a multitude of reasons,.... |
Pet Mountain Lion Bites GirlWTOV News 9 | 2009-05-27 A 10-year-old girl is listed in good condition at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh after being bitten by a mountain lion in Columbiana County. |
Not your ordinary stray kittyBy Don Amend- Powell Tribune | 2009-06-03 After receiving a dose of tranquilizer from a dart fired by Luke Ellsberry of the Wyoming Game and Fish, a mountain lion slowly relaxes on his perch at the home of Mike and Pam Masterson on North Bernard Street Sunday morning. |
GF&P to consider higher lion kill - GF&P Commission proposes raising lion limit; one commissioner waBy Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal staff | 2009-05-13 South Dakota mountain lion hunters could kill an additional five female lions under a 2010 hunting season proposed by the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission Thursday. |
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