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| Utah Mountain Lion Status Report | |
| 2008 Full Book | |
Mountain lions (_Puma concolor_), or cougars, were persecuted as vermin in Utah from the time of European settlement (in 1847) until 1966. In 1967 the Utah State Legislature changed the status of cougars to protected wildlife and since then they have been considered a game species with established hunting regulations. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) developed the Utah Cougar Management Plan in 1999 (UDWR 1999b) with the assistance of a Cougar Discussion Group composed of representatives of various public interest groups. This plan will guide cougar management in Utah through 2009. Its goal is to maintain a healthy cougar population within existing occupied habitat while considering human safety, economic concerns and other wildlife species. Management objectives include: 1) Maintaining current (1999) cougar distribution, with a reasonable proportion of older age animals and breeding females, balancing population numbers with other wildlife species; 2) Minimizing the loss in quality and quantity of existing critical and high priority cougar habitat; 3) Reducing the risk of loss of human life and reducing chances of injury by cougar; 4) Maintaining a downward trend in the number of livestock killed by cougar; and 5) Maintaining quality recreational opportunity for a minimum of 800 persons per year through 2009. |
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