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| Achievements
SCIENCE
- Funding for Dr. Toni Ruth’s (Wildlife Conservation
Society) Yellowstone cougar research using DNA sampling techniques
to census cougar populations.
- Continued funding for the Teton
Cougar Project in cooperation with Craighead Beringia South.
- Funding for David C. Stoner, and
Michael L. Wolfe’s research
articles entitled “Cougar Exploitation Levels in Utah:
Implications Demographic Structure, Population Recovery, and Metapopulation
Dynamics” and “ Evaluation of Cougar
Population Estimators in Utah” in the Journal of Wildlife
Management.
POLICY
- Assisted in locating suitable homes and funding support
for orphaned kittens - 2006
- 2007 funding assistance for the 178,000-acre
Bacon Creek/Fish Creek grazing allotment closure on the Bridger-Teton
National Forest in cooperation with the National Wildlife Federation.
- 2004
funding assistance for the 6,640 acre Canyon-Badlands Sheep Grazing
Allotment closure in cooperation with the National Wildlife Federation.
- 2004
funding assistance for the National Wildlife Federation study
on the retirement of elk feed grounds in the state of Wyoming.
- 2003
funding assistance for the 87,500-acre Blackrock/Spread Creek
grazing allotment closure in cooperation with the National Wildlife
Federation and Defenders of Wildlife.
EDUCATION
- Creating and funding “Cougars in the Classroom” K-12
multi-media lesson plans available to teachers and the public.
- Cougars
in Schools: Cougar awareness and education programs, including
art, literature and social awareness in K-University level schools
in Teton County, Wyoming and at the University of Colorado-Greeley.
- Funded
Project C.A.T (Cougars and Teaching) in cooperation with Washington
State Division of Fish & Wildlife and local Washington
school districts to provide a model for integrating wildlife
science, education, technology, and community participation with
conservation and community planning.
PUBLIC AWARENESS
- 2006 Hunter Education Program including television
advertisements and information accessible through The Cougar
Fund website.
- 2005 Door Hanger/Poster Public Awareness & Education
Campaign in Teton County, Wyoming.
- Community Event with Dr. Rick
Hopkins speaking on the topic of cougar management issues – 2004
Jackson, Wyoming.
- Cougar/Predator Awareness advertisement in National
Geographic Magazine – November 2004.
- Cooperative Education & Awareness
campaign in Colorado with Sinapu (Boulder, CO)
- Creation of a children’s
book, Mitzli: A Cougar’s
Tale, in cooperation with the University of Colorado, Greeley,
and administered by Maggie Schaffer
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