Proceedings of the Seventh Mountain Lion Workshop

COUGAR PREDATION ON PREY IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON PRE- AND
POST-WOLF REESTABLISHMENT – Abstract
Toni K. Ruth, Polly C. Buotte, Kerry M. Murphy, and Maurice G. Hornocker ..................................................126
FOUR DECADES OF COUGAR-UNGULATE DYNAMICS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO WILDERNESS – Abstract
Holly A. Akenson, James J. Akenson, Howard B. Quigley, and Maurice G. Hornocker....................................127
COUGAR TOTAL PREDATION RESPONSE TO DIFFERING PREY DENSITIES: A PROPOSED EXPERIMENT TO TEST
THE APPARENT COMPETITION HYPOTHESIS – Abstract
Hugh Robinson, Robert Wielgus, Hilary Cruickshank, and Catherine Lambert .................................................128
Mountain Lion Population Monitoring and Management
Session Chair: Kerry Murphy, Yellowstone National Park
CHARACTERISTICS OF COUGAR HARVEST WITH AND WITHOUT THE USE OF DOGS
Donald A. Martorello and Richard A. Beausoleil................................................................................................129
RESPONSE BY THREE LARGE CARNIVORES TO RECREATIONAL BIG GAME HUNTING ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK AND ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS BOUNDARY – Presentation Only
Howard B. Quigley, Toni K. Ruth, Douglas W. Smith, Mark A. Haroldson, Polly C. Buotte, Charles C.
Schwartz, Steve Cherry, Kerry M. Murphy, Dan Tyers, and Kevin Frey
DEFINING AND DELINEATING DE FACTO REFUGIA: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
OF COUGAR HARVEST IN UTAH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION – Abstract
David C. Stoner and Michael L. Wolfe................................................................................................................136
MONITORING CHANGES IN COUGAR SEX/AGE STRUCTURE WITH CHANGES IN ABUNDANCE AS AN INDEX TO
POPULATION TREND – Abstract
Chuck R. Anderson, Jr. and Fred G. Lindzey ......................................................................................................137
MANAGEMENT OF COUGARS (Puma concolor) IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES – Abstract
Deanna Dawn, Michael Kutilek, Rich Hopkins, Sulehka Anand, and Steve Torres ...........................................138
DYNAMICS AND VIABILITY OF A COUGAR POPULATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST – Abstract
Catherine Lambert, Robert B. Wielgus, Hugh S. Robinson, Donald D. Katnik, Hilary Cruickshank, and
Ross Clarke ..........................................................................................................................................................139
PROJECT CAT (COUGARS AND TEACHING): INTEGRATING SCIENCE, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY IN
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING – Abstract
Gary M. Koehler and Evelyn Nelson...................................................................................................................140
MONITORING MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE TUCSON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT OF SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK,
ARIZONA, USING NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUES – Abstract
Lisa Haynes, Don Swann, and Melanie Culver ...................................................................................................141
ESTIMATING COUGAR ABUNDANCE USING PROBABILITY SAMPLING: AN EVALUATION OF TRANSECT VERSUS
BLOCK DESIGN – Abstract
Chuck R. Anderson, Jr., Fred G. Lindzey, and Nate Nibbelink...........................................................................142
EVALUATING MOUNTAIN LION MONITORING TECHNIQUES IN THE GARNET MOUNTAINS OF WEST CENTRAL
MONTANA – Abstract
Rich DeSimone ....................................................................................................................................................143
PRESENCE AND MOVEMENTS OF LACTATING AND MATERNAL FEMALE COUGARS: IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE
HUNTING REGULATIONS – Abstract
Toni K. Ruth, Kerry M. Murphy, and Polly C. Buotte ........................................................................................144
Mountain Lion Conservation
Session Chair: Christopher Papouchis, Mountain Lion Foundation
MYSTERY, MYTH AND LEGEND: THE POLITICS OF COUGAR MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM –
Abstract
Rick A. Hopkins...................................................................................................................................................145
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