Tags: Game Agency

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

CO Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 1.5MB
CO's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course

Colorado Letter Open Records Request 9/7/08 - 151.4KB
Pursuant to Colorado’s Open Records Act, The Cougar Fund
hereby requests that you make available for inspection any and all records, documents,
email communications, phone call records, meeting notes and/or minutes, reports or
photographs that were generated, modified, or acquired throughout the staff’s actions
with regards to the incident in Idledale, CO involving a cougar allegedly entering a
family home and killing their Labrador on August 4, 2008.

New Mexico Letter Commissioners 9/23/08 - 49.1KB
We support New Mexico's state Game and Fish’s proposed rule changes to the big game hunting rules for the 2009 and 2010 hunting rules. The agency’s proposed changes are not only reflective of current science, but also ensure progressive and adaptive management policies will be practiced
in New Mexico.

New Mexico Letter Director 7/21/08 - 88.1KB
The Cougar Fund would like to ask the state of New Mexico to re-evaluate the section of the Big Game Management plan regarding cougars.
The Cougar Fund fails to find scientific evidence that supports increasing harvest limits in section 29, 30 & 31.

North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08 - 129.5KB
The Cougar Fund's comments on the North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department’s decision to increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed by hunters this season in zone one, from five to eight.

Press Release 1/26/12 - 89.7KB
Wyoming Game and Fish Department traps mother cougar, leaving two kittens defenseless.

Rick Hopkins' response to WY Game and Fish Dept. Actions 2-1-12 - 125.6KB
This is the "guest shot" written by Rick Hopkins included in the February 1, 2012 edition of the Jackson Hole News and Guide regarding the Cache Creek Cougars and the actions of Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

South Dakota Comments July 2010 - 158.8KB
On behalf of the Cougar Fund and our members, we present comments on the Draft South Dakota Mountain Lion Management Plan 2010-2015. The Cougar Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the cougar throughout its present and historic range, works on behalf of its members to ensure that cougar management, as well as management of their prey, are always held to the highest standards of peer-reviewed science. In addition to educating the public about the many issues that surround cougars, we look to balance human interests with healthy cougar populations.

WA Cougar Pilot Program Amendments - 22KB
As a public institution with an obligation to serve the public interest, WDFW’s claim that recreational hunting is an effective and necessary management to address human-safety, human-livestock or predator-prey imbalances is wrong when empirical data to support this claim is lacking. Long-term management of healthy populations ought to be the result of the Cougar Pilot Program, however we have found that this program is skewing cougar populations towards younger aged animals.

Washington State Commissioners Letter 9/8/08 - 155.0KB
The Cougar Fund would like to state that we oppose the extension of the 2004
pilot project that allows for the use of dogs to hunt cougars in five northeastern Washington
counties.

WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB
WY's Mtn. Lion Hunter Education and Identification Course