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| Washington Mountain Lion Status Report - 2014 | |
| 2014 Conference Proceeding | |
This status report will be an update of cougar research, management, and legislative activities in Washington since the 2011 mountain lion workshop. After 13 years of continuous research on 6 study areas in Washington, many cougar research projects have been completed involving personnel from WDFW, Washington State University, and University of Washington. Much of this research has been published since the last workshop and several more manuscripts are in production and press; those will be highlighted in this presentation. Activity during the last 3 legislative sessions since the Montana workshop will also be summarized; they include Substitute Senate Bill 1885 regarding feeding of wildlife and fines and Senate Bills 5356 and 6287 concerning the use of dogs to hunt cougar. Finally, in 2012-13, WDFW adopted a new harvest guideline structure incorporating the social structure of cougars into management. The state was divided into 49 population management units (PMUs) and a 12-16% harvest guidelines was applied to each. This process, as well as results from the past 2 years, will be discussed. |
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