Posted in Nebraska, Preservation on Jun 28th, 2010
http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_46687684-817b-11df-948c-001cc4c002e0.html
JournalStar.com
This land is your land: Conservation organizations dedicate wildlife area
By JOE DUGGAN
GERING – About 75 people held the ribbon while the guests of honor snipped it with a pair of scissors.
Were they dedicating a new business? A new housing development?
Try nearly 1,700 acres of sandstone bluffs, steep canyons and mixed grass prairie in the Nebraska [...]
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Posted in Monitoring, Nebraska on Apr 19th, 2010
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100417/SPORTS07/704179754
Omaha World-Herald
Hendee: Big cats roam through the state
By David Hendee
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Nine of the 12 confirmed observations of mountain lions in Nebraska since about Thanksgiving were where wildlife biologists expected to see them in the rocky canyons and hills of the Pine Ridge.
Where the three others popped up didn’t surprise Sam Wilson, the Nebraska Game [...]
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Posted in Monitoring, Nebraska, Remote Camera on Apr 7th, 2010
http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2010/04/06/news/state/60006008.txt
North Platte Telegraph – North Platte, Nebraska
Mountain lion population growing
By David Hendee
CHADRON – Evidence continues to mount that Nebraska has a resident population of mountain lions for the first time in more than a century.
Snapshots from a scouting camera in northwest Nebraska captured the images of two cougar kittens feasting on the remains of a [...]
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http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_76859d56-307c-11df-a403-001cc4c002e0.html
Around the Rotunda: Where the deer and the mountain lion play
By NANCY HICKS and JoANNE YOUNG
Senators offered stories of their own deer and mountain lion sightings during first-round debate on a bill (LB836) that allows unlimited free deer permits during special depredation seasons and creates a system so farmers and ranchers can shoot mountain lions [...]
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Posted in Control, Nebraska on Feb 23rd, 2010
Rushville is in the northwest corner of the state.
Cougar confirmations in the Great Plains, including Nebraska, and in the Midwest are increasing. As a proactive response, the Eastern Cougar Foundation and –AERIE are conducting a series of Incident Management and Immobilization Seminars for wildlife and law enforcement first responders.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100222/NEWS01/100229903
Mountain lion shot at ranch
By David Hendee
WORLD-HERALD [...]
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http://www.omaha.com/article/20100203/NEWS01/702039914
Omaha World-Herald
Mountain lion part of display
By Roger Holsinger
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — She finally came home.
After more than three years, a stuffed female mountain lion has been returned to the valley and now is part of a wildlife and educational display at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center.
“We’ve been waiting three years to get her back,” [...]
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Posted in Control, Nebraska on Jan 28th, 2010
http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_721af51a-0ba4-11df-b82f-001cc4c03286.html
JournalStar.com
By NANCY HICKS
Six mountain lions have been shot within 16 miles of Sen. LeRoy Louden’s home in the state’s northwest corner over the past two years, according to local rumors.
But there’s little official proof of the kills, because many farmers and ranchers operate under the “three S system” — shoot, shovel and shut up, said [...]
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Posted in Hunting, Nebraska on Dec 3rd, 2009
Cougars are protected in Nebraska. Kudos to the hunters for not shooting the cougars they encountered!
Notice that the reporters lead off with close encounters with mountain lions (no attacks) and oh by the way, at the end, a boy gets shot..twice! by his companion!
53,641 deer would support over 2,000 mountain lions for a year. Interesting [...]
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