The blog of the Eastern Cougar Foundation
Posted in Mississippi, Tracks, Unconfirmed Sightings on Jul 15th, 2010
The assumed panther track was made by a large dog. All of the assumed panther (cougar, mountain lion) tracks that we have seen in the East outside of Florida are either dog tracks or small bear tracks. Kim Cabrera’s Bear Tracker website has an excellent section on how to distinguish these tracks. Learn the track characteristics of [...]
Posted in Michigan, Monitoring, Tracks, Unconfirmed Sightings on Mar 23rd, 2010
On the cougar trail
http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/518136.html?nav=5003
Team investigates sightings, tracks throughout U.P., state
LANSING – Few issues addressed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in recent years have been as controversial as cougars.
Also known as mountains lions or pumas, cougars are large felines that once roamed much of Michigan. The last record of a wild cougar being [...]
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Monitoring, Tracks on Feb 19th, 2010
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100217/BREAKING/100219794/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
HeraldTribune.com
Panther sighted on Carlton Reserve
By Kate Spinner
SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY – A Florida panther is roaming the Carlton Reserve east of Venice for the first time since 2005, wildlife officials have confirmed. The panther, thought to be a young male, was spotted by an employee of the Southwest Florida Water Management District on Feb. 5.
Debbie Blanco, [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Monitoring, Remote Camera, Tracks, Wisconsin on Dec 23rd, 2009
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14051048?nclick_check=1
TwinCities.com – Pioneer Press
Cougar caught on camera in western Wisconsin
By Andy Rathbun
arathbun@pioneerpress.com
A cougar has been caught on camera in Dunn County, Wis.
It’s likely the same animal that left tracks last week along farmland in the village of Spring Valley, Wis., officials said. A trail camera captured a photo of it Saturday night as it was [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Minnesota, Monitoring, Sightings, Tracks on Dec 16th, 2009
This is indeed a cougar track. Stillwater is on the St. Croix River, which is the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14001282?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
TwinCities.com – Pioneer Press
Cougar spotted crossing Highway 5 in Stillwater
By Mary Divine
mdivine@pioneerpress.com
That’s one big cat, and he’s on the move.
The cougar making the rounds of the northern suburbs the past couple of weeks apparently headed [...]
Posted in Monitoring, Tracks, Wisconsin on Jun 3rd, 2009
The Town of Lima is east of Minneapolis-St. Paul and south of Spooner, where a male cougar was documented in early March 2009.
http://www.newrichmond-news.com/articles/index.cfm?id=25734§ion=homepage
Possible cougar tracks spotted in Pepin County
New Richmond News
Published Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Animal tracks found near a farm family’s livestock pen this past week in Pepin County were left by a large [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Nebraska, Tracks on Jan 31st, 2009
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10551747
Omaha World-Herald
Published Saturday January 31, 2009
Mountain lion’s presence confirmed west of Columbus
BY DAVID HENDEE
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
A mountain lion appears to be passing through eastern Nebraska.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission confirmed cougar tracks in snow near the Loup River west of Columbus on Friday. A mountain lion was photographed Jan. 12 upstream along the Loup [...]
Posted in Monitoring, Tracks on Dec 2nd, 2008
It’s winter, and for some of us, that means it’s snow track time! Rick Rosatte of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources photographed tracks of a cougar in the Peterborough Zoo–a huge male weighing more than 200 lbs. Once it was wild in British Columbia. The width of the heel pad is about 65 mm; [...]