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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
Runs through Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Time & Place
6:30 PM
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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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Comments due July 26th for South Dakota's draft five-year management plan for mountain lions.
In 2005, the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department instituted the state’s first-ever open mountain lion season. Since then, 112 mountain lions have been taken in five seasons by hunters specifically pursuing the carnivorous mammal, which is also known as a cougar.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Wyoming Game & Fish Comission Meeting July 28th & 29th - Saratoga, Wyoming
Runs through Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The regulations, proposed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, would exclude many types of mountain lion deaths that currently count toward overall hunting quotas.
Deaths that count toward the quota would change from "any human-caused mountain lion death documented by the department" to "any legal or illegal human-caused mountain lion death, excluding mountain lions taken by the department, mountain lions
[killed for causing damage to property], and known natural or accidental mountain lion deaths," said Tim Fuchs, wildlife supervisor for the Game and Fish Jackson Region.
The rules would also eliminate distinctions between male and female cats that could be killed by hunters.
That means Area 2 north of Jackson would go from an overall quota of seven human-caused deaths, with a limit of three females, to an overall hunting quota of five of either sex. Area 29, south of town, would go from an overall quota of nine, with a four-female limit, to a hunting quota of six.
Eliminating the female limit "gives a much truer picture" for wildlife managers to use when deciding how many cats should be hunted in a given hunt area, Fuchs said.
Fuchs said areas 2 and 29 would still be managed so that the number of mountain lions in those hunting areas will remain high enough to produce a surplus of cats that contributes animals to the region.
Conservation groups, however, say the changes could mean people kill more mountain lions in Wyoming.
Sara Carlson, director of programs and operations for The Cougar Fund, said the proposed changes would be a huge step backward for Wyoming's cougar population.
"Wyoming refuses to utilize peer-reviewed research to manage cougars and is falling victim to politics," she said in an e-mail.
People can see the proposed changes at gf.state.wy.us/admin/Regs/index.asp.
Written comments will be accepted through 5 p.m. today by mailing: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Regulations, 3030 Energy Lane, Casper, WY 82604. All comments will be presented to the Game and Fish Commission before its July 28-29 meeting in Saratoga.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
10th WAFWA Mountain Lion Workshop
Runs through Friday, May 6th, 2011
Time & Place
Bozeman, MT
The Workshop theme is “Cougars: Conservation, Connectivity, and Population Management.” The workshop will also include a Wild Felid Research and Management Association panel discussion on wild felid management issues in the Americas.
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South Dakota Comments on Draft Mgmt. Plan July 20102010-07-26
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Press Releases
North Dakota Press Release 8/6/08Emorie Broemel, Communications Coordinator | 2009-02-04
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Letters
South Dakota, 2/2/09Sara Carlson, Director of Programs & Operations | 2009-02-06
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New Mexico, 9/23/08Sara Carlson, Director of Programs & Operations | 2009-02-04
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Arizona, 6/26/08Sara Carlson, Director of Programs & Operations | 2009-02-04
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News
GF&P proposes lion license fee increaseRapid City Journal | 2010-08-16 The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission proposed bumping up mountain lion licensing fees when it suggested changes for the 2011 season. |
Letters: S.D. poorly manages lionsArgus Leader -Thomas Mangelsen | 2010-08-02 As usual, South Dakota's mountain lion management plan reflects a desire to maximize hunter "harvest" and ignores the science of cougar management. |
Letters: Housing invades lion habitatArgus Leader | 2010-07-20 Even though I no longer live in South Dakota, the state is dear to me. Mountain lions are not the biggest problem in the Black Hills. Rather, overdevelopment is the cause of mountain lion issues in the Black Hills and many other problems. |
GF&P releases five-year mountain lion management planDaily Republic | 2010-07-07 In 2005, the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department instituted the state’s first-ever open mountain lion season. Since then, 112 mountain lions have been taken in five seasons by hunters specifically pursuing the carnivorous mammal, which is also known as a cougar. |
Public input sought on state's mountain lion management planArugus Leader | 2010-07-02 The state Game, Fish and Parks Department is offering citizens an opportunity to review a draft of a new five-year management plan for mountain lions. |
Mountain lion startles Cody residentsBillings Gazette | 2010-06-08 CODY — A mountain lion startled residents along Ina Avenue Friday, according to Park County Sheriff Scott Steward. |
Meetings Planned On Wyo. Cougar Hunting SeasonMeetings Planned On Wyo. Cougar Hunting Season | 2010-05-11 State wildlife officials are sponsoring public meetings in northeast Wyoming on recommendations for mountain lion hunting season over the next three years. |
Mountain Lion meetings plannedMidwest Agent | 2010-03-17 "We are in the process of updating South Dakota's mountain lion management plan," Tony Leif, GFP Wildlife Division director said. "An important early step in that process is to gather public input." |
GF&P to hold statewide public meetings on mountain lionsArgus Leader | 2010-03-11 State Game, Fish & Parks Department officials will be on the road over the next few weeks visiting with South Dakota citizens about mountain lions. We are in the process of updating South Dakota's mountain lion management plan,” said Tony Leif, GF&P Wildlife Division director. “An important early step in that process is to gather public input.” |
Oregon's cougar problem is bad, getting worseGazette Times | 2010-03-02 |
Lion hunters use snow, calls for record Black Hills killRapid City Journal | 2010-02-15 Of that total, 24 were females, a fact that continues to worry Dr. Sharon Seneczko of Custer, a veterinarian and president of the Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation. Seneczko and other lion advocates have argued against increases in the overall lion limit and the sub-limit. The 2005 season had an overall limit of 25 lions but a sub-limit of five breeding-age females. |
Collar malfunction complicates ND lion trackingAP | 2010-02-09 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has been having trouble tracking a mountain lion since its satellite collar malfunctioned. |
5th mountain lion killed in western NDBismark Tribune | 2009-11-05 North Dakota's Game and Fish Department says five mountain lions have now been killed in the western part of the state. The season will close there if three more are killed before the end of March. |
Lion Season to Open Again on Uncompahgre PlateauColorado Division of WIldlife Press Release | 2009-11-03 For the first time since 2004, hunting season for mountain lions will open again this year in a special study area west of Montrose. |
Cougar hunt to open in Colorado area that has been off-limits since 2004Kelly Burgess -Los Angeles Times | 2009-11-03 An area of western Colorado that has been off-limits to mountain lion hunting since 2004 will open for a limited season beginning in mid-November. The hunting season on a portion of the Uncompahgre Plateau will open Nov. 16 and run through Jan. 31, unless the quota of eight cougars is reached before then |
WA Public Safety Cougar Removal Applications Due October 19AmoLand.com | 2009-10-08 Washington hunters who own cougar-tracking dogs, and are interested in assisting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) with public-safety cougar removals, have until Oct. 19 to apply for special permits. |
Seattle's Discovery Park closed by cougarAP - Washington | 2009-09-04 State Fish and Wildlife officers hope a trap baited with fish and elk liver will catch a cougar spotted in Seattle's Discovery Park. |
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. |
Lion trapped, relocated from north Boulder neighborhoodJean Spencer | 2009-06-18 Wildlife officials: Young cougar killed house cat but did not pose public safety risk |
NV plans to kill more mountain lions criticizedMartin Griffith , AP | 2009-02-15 RENO, Nev.—Mountain lion advocates are up in arms over new plans announced by Nevada wildlife officials to kill more lions in order to help reverse a decline in mule deer numbers. |
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