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Apker, J.A.
Colorado Mountain Lion Status Report
2008 Full Book
Mountain lion (_Puma concolor_) received no legal protection and were classified as a predator in Colorado from 1881 until 1965. During these years the take of mountain lion at any time, any place was encouraged by bounties and other laws. The bounty was abolished in 1965, but some provision for landowner take of a depredating lion remains in Colorado laws to this day. In 1965, mountain lion was reclassified as big game. In 1996 the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) was granted "exclusive jurisdiction over the control of depredating animals that pose a threat to an agricultural product or resource." Thus, CDA has exclusive authority to determine the disposition of an individual lion if it is depredating on livestock, while the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) retains authority to manage lion populations, all forms of recreational or scientific use, and resolution of human-lion conflicts
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