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The Wisconsin State Journal Chris Rickert column
When I saw that the Department of Natural Resources was monitoring the state’s cougar population, I wondered why an agency dedicated to the great outdoors would be interested in what women of a certain age are doing with younger men behind closed doors.Then I realized: We’re talking about actual [...]
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http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_9a943c8a-a1c8-11df-855a-001cc4c03286.html
Rapid City Journal
GF&P 50-lion limit proposal higher than staff recommends
Kevin Woster, Journal staff
For the second straight year, the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission is proposing a mountain lion season that would kill more cats than its staff recommended.
Meeting in Aberdeen on Friday, the commission proposed a 2011 lion season that would allow hunters to [...]
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_5a1c680c-a0e3-11df-8e7a-001cc4c03286.html
Rapid City Journal
Kevin Woster Journal staff
The biological staff of the state Game, Fish & Parks Department is recommending a 2011 mountain lion season that will allow a total of 45 lions to be killed, including five in Custer State Park.
That would be an overall increase of five from the 40-lion limit for the 2010 season [...]
North Dakota cougar hunting quota increased
Posted in Hunting, N. Dakota, Preservation on Aug 11th, 2010
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_76a9b2fa-9fe8-11df-9cf1-001cc4c03286.html
The Bismarck Tribune
No prairie chicken season in North Dakota this season, but cougar quota increases
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials have decided to close the prairie chicken hunting season this year but increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed in the western part of the state.
The Game and Fish Department [...]
ALERT! BESEIGED BLACK HILLS COUGARS! Deadline for comments is Monday, July 26!
Posted in Action Alert, ECF, Hunting, Preservation on Jul 22nd, 2010
The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks (GFP) is proposing to increase the kill of cougars in the next Black Hills hunt to reduce the population by 30%. The data analysis in their management proposal is skewed; the reduction of the cougar population could be much greater. At the same time, Wyoming proposes to [...]
The Black Hills cougar population is extremely important to the recovery of cougar populations in the Midwest. It’s likely that a high percentage of the scattered subadult male dispersers now showing up in states such as Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois originated in the Black Hills. If the Black Hills population is drastically reduced, it [...]
Why cougars in the Black Hills are not significantly reducing the deer herd
Posted in Hunting, Preservation, S. Dakota on Jul 18th, 2010
JohnLaundre reports on the true positive of having predators in the system
In a blatant attempt to use fear, South Dakota “sportsmen” are trying to influence cougar management by raising the specter of a bloodthirsty predator killing all THEIR deer and elk. In South Dakota is where cougars are making a valiant attempt to re-establish themselves [...]
More on proposed increase in South Dakota cougar hunting quota
Posted in Control, Government Agency, Hunting, S. Dakota on Jul 7th, 2010
Here is the link to the South Dakota Five-Year Plan – http://gfp.sd.gov/wildlife/docs/SDmountainLionmanageplan2010-2015.pdf
http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/44492/
GF&P releases five-year mountain lion management plan
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 [...]