http://cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/2010-07-10/young_lion_well_traveled
Topeka Capital-Journal
Young lion well-traveled
By Marc Murrell
For decades, reports of mountain lions were common in Kansas. The state’s mountain lion history is mired in stories of sightings and tales from nearly every county. But until recent times there has never been any documentation or physical evidence to support these claims. Nobody really doubts mountain lions could [...]
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http://www.kansas.com/2010/06/25/1376423/biologists-used-gps-to-track-mountain.html
The Wichita Eagle
BIOLOGISTS USED GPS TO TRACK MOUNTAIN LION IN WESTERN KANSAS
BY MICHAEL PEARCE
HERINGTON — A mountain lion from Colorado took a quick stroll through Kansas this spring, basically covering the state from north to south in March.
It is the third confirmed mountain lion in Kansas in the past 106 years, and all three instances [...]
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Posted in Hunting, Monitoring, Oklahoma on Apr 15th, 2010
http://enidnews.com/localnews/x563618637/Mountain-lions-in-our-midst
The Enid News and Eagle – Oklahoma
Mountain lions in our midst?
By Bridget Nash Staff Writer CNHI
ENID — The thrill of coming face to face with a dangerous predator is one unmatched and warrants much retelling of the tale.
Tales of mountain lions in northwest Oklahoma aren’t few and far between, and although many claim to have [...]
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Posted in Oklahoma, Preservation on Mar 18th, 2010
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_076142742.html
MuskogeePhoenix.com
Tribal Council passes Protected Species Act
TAHLEQUAH — At its regular March meeting, the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council voted to pass an act to protect species that have cultural significance to the Cherokee Nation and its citizens. Included in the act are the bald eagle, black bear, mountain lion (sometimes called a puma or a panther), [...]
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http://www.newsok.com/trail-camera-snaps-a-big-cat/article/3429730?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news
NewsOK
Atoka trail camera snaps a mountain lion
‘I am a believer now,’ Atoka man says about mountain lions being in Oklahoma
BY ED GODFREY
Ryan Ritter of Atoka couldn’t believe what he was seeing on New Year’s Day when he looked at the photos from his new trail camera.
Read more: http://www.newsok.com/trail-camera-snaps-a-big-cat/article/3429730?custom_click=pod_headline_usnational-news#ixzz0bjtWNRhl
Not only were there pictures of numerous [...]
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Atoka is in the southeastern part of Oklahoma, NE of Dallas TX and SE of Oklahoma City. We are awaiting confirmation that the pictures were indeed taken in Oklahoma, not somewhere else. The photos were taken along a potential dispersal corridor from Texas identified by Michelle LaRue and Clay Nielsen in a study published in [...]
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Posted in Oklahoma, Sightings on Dec 5th, 2009
http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2009/12/04/are-there-many-mountain-lions-in-oklahoma/
Was that a mountain lion?
I swear I saw a dead mountain lion a couple of weeks ago.
I was driving back from the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve on the road from Pawhuska to Ponca City and it was on the other side of the highway.
Of course, I was going at least 60 mph when I passed it [...]
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Posted in Oklahoma on Aug 13th, 2009
http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2009/08/12/answering-some-emails-about-alligators-mountain-lions-and-bears/
The Oklahoman
Answering some emails about alligators, mountain lions and bears
Posted by edgodfrey
on August 12, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I received a couple of interesting emails this week. One wasn’t so flattering.
Heather Hoedebeck, one of the Southeastern Oklahoma State University students who helped care for some baby alligators found abandoned at the Red Slough, wanted a piece [...]
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