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Acknowledgements
The Mountain Lion Foundation greatly appreciates the Summerlee Foundation for its generous financial support for this report. We also thank members of the Mountain Lion Foundation for their ongoing support.
Thanks to the following state wildlife agency personnel for providing mortality data and other information: Jerry Apker (Colorado Division of Wildlife), Dan Bjornlie (Wyoming Fish and Game), Summer Crea and Steve Nadeau (Idaho Fish and Game), Rich DeSimone (Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks), Craig McClaughlin and Kevin Bunnell (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources), Rocky Spencer and Rich Beausoleil (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife), Doug Updike and Steve Torres (California Department of Fish and Game), and Mark Zornes and Pat Barber (Arizona Department of Game and Fish), Russell Woolstenhulme (Nevada Division of Wildlife), Donald Whittaker (Oregon Fish and Wildlife), and Rick Winslow (New Mexico Game and Fish).
MLF intern Sarrika Attoe assisted with data collection and density estimates and MLF staff members Lynn Sadler, Tim Dunbar, Emily Cunnison and Karen Cotton provided comments on the manuscript. We are also indebted to Rick Hopkins, Ken Logan, Rocky Spencer, Rich DeSimone, Linda Sweanor, Steve Torres, Camilla Fox and others for sharing their insight into the management and conservation of mountain lions.
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