The blog of the Cougar Rewilding Foundation
Posted in Eastern Cougar, Education, Remote Camera, Washington on Sep 6th, 2012
We speak often of how incidental cougar evidence like this series of pics of a cougar taking a fawn occur regularly wherever cougars roam, even in the lowest densities. Last fall one cat wearing a radio collar tripped a half-dozen cams as it made its way across northern Wisconsin into the Upper Peninsula. Yet random [...]
Posted in California, Confirmed Sightings, Remote Camera on Aug 16th, 2012
A certain camp among eastern game agency biologists and professionals argue that the eastern US is too densely populated to support cougars, that cougars require the most remote wilderness areas. They haven’t paid attention to the Santa Monica Mountains of west Los Angeles, which supports about a dozen cougars. Griffith Park east of the Santa [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Michigan, Remote Camera on Jul 22nd, 2012
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120718/METRO/207180396/1361/Cougar-sighting-reported-in-U.P.%E2%80%99s-Marquette-County Cougar sighting reported in U.P.’s Marquette County By Tom Greenwood The Detroit News 3 Comments A rare daytime photograph of a cougar roaming the woods in the Upper Peninsula is bolstering arguments of wild life experts that the big cats are doing well in Michigan. The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy —a nonprofit organization formed [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Remote Camera, Wisconsin on Jul 19th, 2012
http://www.wqow.com/story/19057933/cougar-photographed-in-buffalo-county WQOW.com – News 18, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Cougar photographed in Buffalo County EAU CLAIRE (Press Release) – An avid outdoorsman, using a trail camera for the first time on recently purchased land in Buffalo County, came up with pictures of a wild turkey, a white-tailed deer and, surprisingly, a wild roaming cougar. A wildlife [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Michigan, Remote Camera on Jun 2nd, 2012
The article states, “Michigan wildlife officials believe the spike in confirmed sightings is likely the result of two factors — a huge increase in the use of trail cameras, and the growth of cougar populations in other states, such as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, as well as the Dakotas.” No populations exist in Wisconsin, [...]
Posted in California, Co-existence, Education, Missouri, Monitoring, Remote Camera on May 21st, 2012
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/the_back_forty/wildlife/griffith-park-mountain-lion.html kcet.org – The Back Forty Mountain Lion Living in Griffith Park, Wildlife Study Finds Editor’s Note: It may seem alarming that there is a Mountain Lion living in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, but it’s certainly not the first time (remember 2004?) and is likely not the last. These elusive creatures have been living [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Missouri, Remote Camera on Mar 23rd, 2012
A previously unannounced remote camera photo was taken on January 27, 2012 in Reynolds County about 7 miles west of Centerville. A young male, estimated to be about 2 years old, had been captured and released elsewhere in Reynolds County on January 4, 2012. It is quite possible this January 27th photo is of the same cat. [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Remote Camera on Feb 21st, 2012
Go here for a video showing scenes along the Vermillion River. The photo was taken on January 16th. Camera catches mountain lion near Vermillion The South Dakota cougar hunting season continues until March 31st. Any landowner or leaser of land can kill a cougar on his land in South Dakota at any time of the [...]