Mountain Lion

Recent studies on the number of mountain lions in the Bitterroot showed much higher numbers than state wildlife experts had expected. Those findings are part of the reason why Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is updating their mountain lion management plan.

A small group of protesters gathered in downtown Missoula last night following the verdict by a grand jury in Ferguson finding that no charges should be filed against a police officer who shot and killed a black teenager.

Personnel with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks combed the area surrounding Hawthorne School on Monday, after someone reported seeing a mountain lion in the area, but found no sign of the predator.

One mountain lion suspected of killing sheep and goats in the Pattee Canyon area has been shot and another lion has been trapped.

Parents were warned before school on Friday morning after a mountain lion was reported on Thursday evening in the Moose Can Gulch area of Missoula’s South Hills.

Firefighters in western Montana rescued two mountain lion cubs hiding under a burning log.

Another mountain lion was caught dangerously close to Missoula homes yesterday, this time in the Rattlesnake.

State wildlife officials have shot and killed a mountain lion that was wandering around a residential area south of Missoula.

UPDATE - Friday, November 22, 12:50 p.m. Updated information from wildlife specialist Bob Wiesner has confirmed that there was probably no mountain lion attack on a deer on Whitaker in the south hills area of Missoula.

When Missoula and western Montana residents call Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to report a mountain lion sighting, Bob Wiesner and Spinner hit the trail to find them.