Links

• Storytelling at its best.

  2016-7-5 • The Cougar Fund

    “Heart of a Lion” by Will Stolzenburg The value of storytelling can never be underestimated. Stories are the purveyors of history,  vehicles by which facts are disseminated, and the wings that let imagination soar. Our earliest communication, whether as a culture or as individual human babies, comes through the magic of stories. We learn of feats and failures, adoration […]

• Grizzly delisting gets attention from Politicians, Scientists and Celebrities

  2016-6-7 • The Cougar Fund

  As the decision to delist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem enters its final stages many people are weighing in on the premature rush to release the care and protection of the bears to states with a historical mandate to provide the recreational opportunity to kill them for sport. These two letters show clearly that […]

• Excellent review of the Public Trust Doctrine and how it is being violated

  2016-6-4 • The Cougar Fund

  We would like to share this enlightening view of the Public Trust Doctrine as seen through the lens of the decisions being made by the Florida Wildlife Agency Commissioners. This is a long read but a ‘must see’ if you are at all concerned that your interests as a member of  the Public, are being ignored by […]

• New Blood (and Genes?) in the Santa Monica Mountains

  2015-12-8 • The Cougar Fund

  A new male mountain lion, P-45, has been documented in the Santa Monica Mountains.

• The Incredible Journey of a Florida Panther

  2015-12-1 • The Cougar Fund

  A Florida Panther tracked by researchers journeyed over 800 miles in 5 months, likely looking for a mate.

• What’s next for Santa Monica’s lions?

  2015-11-23 • The Cougar Fund

  An in-depth look at the many challenges Santa Monica's isolated mountain lion population is facing.

• Florida to Spend Big on Fence to Keep Panthers Off Highway

  2015-11-12 • The Cougar Fund

  The state of Florida has announced that it will invest over $5 million in the construction of a fence to keep endangered Florida panthers off of a deadly stretch of I-75.

• Nebraskans Want Mountain Lions Protected

  2015-11-3 • The Cougar Fund

  A Letter to the Editor in the Lincoln Journal Star calls for an end to mountain lion hunting and support for Senator Ernie Chambers’ Legislative Bill 127. Click here to read the letter.

• Colorado Parks and Wildlife Drops Proposal to Kill More Mountain Lions

  2015-10-26 • The Cougar Fund

  The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have raised cougar quotas by nearly 50% in an effort to boost mule deer populations

• We encourage FWC to maintain the current status of the Florida Panther

  2015-6-26 • The Cougar Fund