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• Biology and Behavior
• Protecting people, pets & livestock.
• Active Threats to the Species

• Articles: Click on the story name below for our text articles, or, for summaries of ALL our feature articles: CLICK HERE
  • 04/29/13 Destructive Animals: Oh Just How Far We Haven't Come
  • 04/08/13 No Room for Lions: Habitat Denied in New York Mountains
  • 01/31/13 Cougar Connection: Wildlife Corridors
  • 10/15/12 The Man Who Made California Safe for Lions
  • 07/05/12 Eastward Ho: Return of the American Lion?
  • 06/08/12 Barking Up the Right Tree: Washington's Karelian Bear Dogs
  • 05/15/12 Beating the Odds: Can Lions Cross Freeways?
  • 12/21/11 Who Owns the Wildlife?
  • 06/28/11 Top of the Poisoned Chain
  • 06/08/11 Grim Anniversary
  • 06/05/11 Double Cross
  • 03/29/11 Put Down the Rifle Today
  • 12/07/10 Web Hoax
  • 07/16/10 Does 2+2=5 in South Dakota?
  • 07/10/10 California Celebrates Twenty Years of Protection
  • 04/20/10 The Day the Safety Net Failed
  • 01/01/10 Sign: Evidence of a Lion's Presence
  • 06/10/04 When Balance is Not Enough
• Audio: Our ON AIR podcasts, links, photos & transcript.
  • 03/19/13 Phil Carter - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
  • 01/21/12 Gary Koehler on Applying Science to Attitudes
  • 06/09/11 Clay Nielsen on Mapping Dispersal
  • 05/17/11 Steve Pavlik on Cognitive Ethology
  • 02/25/11 Richard Gilbreth on Predators in Sanctuaries
  • 11/25/10 Kim Vacariu on Continental Corridors
  • 11/21/10 Ashwin Naidu on Forensics and Genetics
  • 07/19/10 Toni Ruth on Predators in Yellowstone
  • 04/30/10 Deborah Jansen on Florida Panthers
• Video: Our video productions.
  • 01/01/11 The American Lion: Biology and Behavior

• Publications by the Mountain Lion Foundation.
  • Books: Full-length books online.

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    • Cougar: The American Lion
    • Crimes Against the Wild: Poaching in California
  • Reports: Research and analysis.

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  • Brochures: Brief action summaries.

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    • About America's Lion: Biology and Behavior
    • About Protecting Pets and Livestock in Lion Country
    • About Good Neighbors
  • Plans: Blueprints for protection.

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  • Hardcopy Newsletters: Selected past newsletters, now called MLF Seasonal Review.

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    • 2000 Fall
    • 2000 Winter
    • 2001 Fall
    • 2001 Summer
    • 2002 Fall
    • 2002 Spring
    • 2003 Fall
    • 2003 Summer
    • 2004 Fall
    • 2004 Summer
    • 2005 Fall
    • 2005 Spring
    • 2005 Winter
    • 2006 Spring
    • 2007 Fall
    • 2007 Spring
    • 2007 Winter
    • 2008 Fall Winter
    • 2010 Summer
    • 2011 Summer
    • 2012 Spring
    • 1987 First
    • 1987 Fall
    • 1988 Summer
    • 1989 Summer
    • 1990 Spring
    • 1990 Summer
    • 1991 Autumn
    • 1991 Spring
    • 1992 Fall/Winter
    • 1992 Summer
    • 1993 Fall/Winter
    • 1993 Summer
    • 1994 Fall Winter
    • 1995 Spring Summer
    • 1996 Fall Winter
    • 1996 Spring Summer
    • 1997 Fall
    • 1997 Summer
    • 1998 Fall
    • 1998 Spring
    • 1999 Fall
    • 1999 Spring
  • MLF Review: The Foundation's Semi-Monthly Electronic Review.

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    • 01/25/12
  • Media: Photographs, graphics, video and audio.
    • Photographs: Our photographic library.
    • Graphics: Our graphics library.
    • Video: Selected video clips.
    • Audio: Selected audio clips.
  • Recommended: Links to recommended off-site reading.
    • Books: Important books about mountain lions.

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    • Research: Pivotal scientific research and analysis.

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    • Activism: References for our activist community.

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    • Partners: Publications by our partners.

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  • Reference: On-site references published by others.
    • Research: Significant mountain lion science.

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      • A Spatial Evaluation of Cougar-Human Encounters in Glacier and Big Bend National Parks
      • Culling Mountain Lions to Protect Ungulate Populations - Eric Rominger
      • Evaluation of an 8-Year Mountain Lion Removal Management Action on Endangered Big Horn Sheep (2008)
      • Evaluation of an 8-Year Mountain Lion Removal Management Action on Endangered Big Horn Sheep (2009)
    • Proceedings: Reports from Mountain Lion conferences.

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      • Table of Contents for all Conference Proceedings
      • 1st Mountain Lion Conference - 1976
      • 2nd Mountain Lion Conference - 1984
      • 3rd Mountain Lion Conference - 1988
      • 4th Mountain Lion Workshop - 1991
      • 5th Mountain Lion Proceedings - 1996
      • 6th Mountain Lion Proceedings - 2000
      • 7th Mountain Lion Workshop - 2003
      • 8th Mountain Lion Workshop - 2005
      • 9th Mountain Lion Workshop - 2008
    • Regional: Regional reporting.

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      • Field Evidence of Cougars in Eastern North America
      • The Mountain Lion in Oklahoma and Surrounding States

  ABOUT

  OUR BELIEFS, MISSION, HISTORY AND PEOPLE

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  • History: The history of the Foundation.
  • Board: Our Board of Directors.
  • Staff: The Foundation Staff.
  • Volunteers: Our most active volunteers.
  • Contact: We welcome your letters and phone calls!

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    • Policy: How to change policy, law & regulation.
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  LION STATUS, LAW, HISTORY, HABITAT, & SCIENCE IN THE US & WEST

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