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 [...]
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http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12762920
WQOW – Eau Claire, Wisconsin
DNR setting protocol for cougar sightings
Eau Claire (WQOW) – The DNR is drawing up a game plan to deal with the increase of cougar sightings.
Last year, the DNR received nearly 250 calls from people in Wisconsin claiming to have seen a cougar. Out of those, only seven were confirmed. Each office [...]
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http://www.bhpioneer.com/articles/2010/07/05/breaking_news/doc4c320050a3c86556472049.txt
GF&P to slash lion population
By Mark Watson
Black Hills Pioneer
BLACK HILLS – State wildlife managers want to lower the mountain lion population in the Black Hills by 80 animals.
According to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Park’s recently released lion management plan, by 2015 managers want to see the population in the Black Hills lowered to 170 [...]
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http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100706/WDH0101/7060411/DNR-response-to-cougar-sightings-varies-by-circumstance
DNR response to cougar sightings varies by circumstance
By Jake Miller
Rare animal sightings tend to jump start the imagination.
The cougar hiding in your neighbor’s woods. The wolverine scurrying under a deck. A timber wolf hunting cattle.
The Department of Natural Resources — the recipient of these reports — takes a case-by-case approach when deciding whether to investigate. [...]
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Responses must be faxed no later than Tuesday, June 22nd, 5:00 pm Mountain Time.
The proposed regulations include converting the Wyoming portion of the Black Hills into a population sink, meaning that more cougars will be killed than are born. South Dakota may also decide to reduce the cougar population in their portion of [...]
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Menominee County is in the southwestern corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and shares a border with Wisconsin
Michigan Department of Natural Resources & Environment Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 21, 2010
DNRE Determines Trail Camera Photo in Menominee County is Likely Cougar
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment today announced it
has reviewed a Menominee County trail camera picture [...]
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Dr. Huhnerkoch is the founder of the one-man charitable 501 (c) (3) organization, Mountain Cats Trust - http://sites.google.com/site/mountaincatstrust/mountaincatstrust . He would appreciate donations to help him in his work to ensure that a healthy population of cougars survives in the Black Hills and elsewhere in South Dakota. If possible, he would like sport hunting of cougars [...]
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The Topeka Capital-Journal
Outdoor calendar, notes
By The Capital-Journal
THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS Commission meeting is at 1:30 p.m. on June 24 at the Herington Community Building in Herington.
One of the highlights of the meeting will be a report on mountain lion populations in Kansas by Matt Peek.
A general public comment session will be part [...]
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