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Human Exploitation of Mountain Lions in the American West

Mountain Lion Foundation

1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Methodology
7. Acknowledgements
8. Literature Cited
9. Printable Version

Endnotes

  1. For states that reported mortalities by harvest year (which overlap calendar years) we report by the year in which the season began (e.g., 1998-1999 listed as 1998) to facilitate inter-state comparisons. States reporting lion mortalities by calendar year included Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and states reporting mortalities by harvest year included Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Washington. 
  2. The terminology used for management areas varies from state to state. Arizona reports mortality data by game management unit (GMU). Where GMUs had subunits we pooled data into the GMU to simplify analysis. California reports kill data by county. Colorado and Idaho report kill data by Data Analysis Unit (DAU) which are comprised of several game management units. Montana reports mortalities by GMU and Management Region; we used Regions. New Mexico reports data by Management Zone, which are comprised of several GMUs. Nevada, Utah and Wyoming report data by Hunt Areas. Oregon reports data by Management Zone, which are comprised of a number of GMUs. Washington reports kill data by Cougar Management Units, each of which contain several GMUs. We will simplify the terminology and reference areas as management units. 

 

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