South Dakota Mountain Lion Public Opinion Poll

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Mountain Lion Management in South Dakota Analysis of Public Comment Larry M. Gigliotti Table 9. Age of meeting participants (compared with the student sample). Meeting Participants High School Students Age Range Number Percent Number Percent 10 – 19 7 2.0% 86 100% 20 – 29 19 5.4% 0 0% 30 – 39 35 9.9% 0 0% 40 – 49 55 15.5% 0 0% 50 – 59 104 29.4% 0 0% 60 – 69 87 24.6% 0 0% 70 – 79 40 11.3% 0 0% 80 – 89 5 1.4% 0 0% 90 – 99 2 0.6% 0 0% Total 354 100% 86 100% Mean / 95% C.I. 53.9 52.4 – 55.5 16.2 15.9 – 16.4 Median / Mode 55.0 54 16.0 16 & 17 Range 10 – 98 14 – 19 8
Mountain Lion Management in South Dakota Analysis of Public Comment Larry M. Gigliotti Analysis of Public Comments Development of a General Attitude Model towards Mountain Lion Management There are four major, over-riding themes related to attitudes towards mountain lion management in South Dakota. Three are relatively straight-forward while one attitude has significant internal divergent view-points, namely the "support for a mountain lion season." Overall, most (about 85%) of the public can accept the general attitude of "support for a mountain lion season." General Mountain Lion Management Attitude Model No lions should be killed Status Quo – GFP removes (kills) problem lions Support for a mountain lion season Prohibit the use of dogs Allow mountain lion hunting with dogs Kill all lions First this model is illustrated using actual comments received from the public. A complete list of comments received from the public can be found in Appendix (Appendices C – I). Next, a general list of questions/concerns/issues will be identified (in conjunction with this attitude model) and some initial short answers provided by myself will be provided. This report should be followed by development of more completed responses provided by GFP staff biologists and managers. Current plans call for an evaluation of the mountain management action adopted by the GFP Commission. One evaluation will be a scientific public opinion survey concerning mountain lion management in South Dakota. If the mountain lion management action includes a lion season then the evaluation will also include a survey of hunters. 9
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