The blog of the Eastern Cougar Foundation
Posted in Florida Panther, Georgia, Hunting on Feb 28th, 2010
The Florida panther is a subspecies (Puma concolor coryi) or distinct population segment (DPS) of the cougar. Panthers tend to be smaller than cougars in the northwestern US and to have a slight “Roman nose” profile, but they cannot be distinguished in the field. This is the first time that a panther has traveled so far [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Monitoring, Wisconsin on Feb 25th, 2010
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mammals/cougar/sightings.htm
Of particular interest is the confirmation map documenting the apparent journey of the cougar that was first documented in Champlin, Minnesota, just north of Minneapolis, on December 5, 2009. As of February 15, 2010, it had apparently made its way into northern Wisconsin. Check the site from time to time for updates.
As has been the case for the past few years, this winter –AERIE, in collaboration with ECF, hosted 2 separate mountain lion tracking workshops, one in late January and another in mid-February. Based out of Great Falls, Montana, these one-of-a-kind courses take place against the backdrop of the spectacular and rugged Bob Marshall and Scapegoat [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Government Agency, USFWS on Feb 22nd, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/us/politics/22hamilton.html
Sam D. Hamilton, Wildlife Service Director, Is Dead at 54
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
Sam D. Hamilton, who turned a Southern youth’s love of fish and waterfowl into a 30-year career with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, becoming the service’s director last year, died Saturday on a ski trip in Colorado. He was 54.
His death [...]
Can the Cat Come Back?
The Potential Return of Mountain Lions to Wisconsin
By Ben Cherney
Mountain lions were killed off in Wisconsin about 100 years ago, in the first decade of the 20th century. This might explain the skepticism of Adrian Wydeven, mammal ecologist for the Wisconsin DNR, when he received a report that a cougar had [...]
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther on Feb 22nd, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/but-what-does-the-panther_b_469603.html
The Huffington Post
But What Does the Panther Think?
by Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club
Sarasota, Florida — Last November, faced with an alarming rise in deaths among Florida’s 100 or so remaining panthers, mostly from auto accidents, the Sierra Club petitioned the Department of the Interior to establish 3 million acres of critical habitat [...]
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Preservation on Feb 19th, 2010
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2010/2010-02-18-091.html
Environment News Service
Lawsuit Filed to Secure Critical Habitat for Endangered Florida Panther
FORT MYERS, Florida
Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit today in federal in Fort Myers, Florida against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for its failure to designate critical habitat to protect the Florida panther. Listed as an endangered species since 1967, fewer than 100 [...]