OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted 8-1 to approve amended cougar hunting rules. Spurred by a petition from wildlife conservation organizations, the new rules aim ...

This submitted photo from 2018 shows a cougar. Counties could opt out of Oregon’s ban on cougar hunting with dogs under a bill that proponents claim is needed to protect livestock and wildlife. Under ...

With the current flap about Colorado cougar management, Coloradans might be interested in California’s cougar experience. California did everything wrong. (At least according to a large element of the ...

With the current flap about Colorado cougar management, Coloradans might be interested in California’s cougar experience. California did everything wrong. (At least according to a large element of the ...

South of Sequim on May 8, 2021, we caught a 2-year-old female cougar as part of the Olympic Cougar Project and fitted her with a GPS collar. We used her data to determine where cougars are most likely ...

The animal-rights group Cats Aren’t Trophies says it has collected enough voter signatures to put a mountain lion and bobcat hunting ban on the Colorado ballot this November. CATS made a concerted ...

In the past year, the national trend toward incivility has invaded discussions over Washington’s fish and wildlife management. Rather than a respectful debate about facts, science, and policy ...

“Years ago, Ben killed his first bear with a pocketknife—and in the fifty years that followed, he killed several thousand more.” MANY OF MY FRIENDS had told me not to see the old man at all. “He’s ...

STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. — On July 19, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission members held a meeting to discuss the future of predators in the state. They talked about a potential permit ...