Links to Information about Cougars in Michigan In 2009 and 2010, there have been two photos confirmed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. These are the only confirmed photos of wild cougars in Michigan in the past 102 years. SavetheCougar.Org Michigan Cougar Sightings 2010 SaveTheCougar.Org Michigan Cougar Sightings 2009 SaveTheCougar.Org's Reported Cougar Sightings September 2008 December 31 2008 SaveTheCougar.Org's Reported Cougar Sightings from January thru August 2008 SaveTheCougar.Org's Reported Cougar Sightings from 2007 SaveTheCougar.Org's Reported Cougar Sightings from 2006 SaveTheCougar.Org's Reported Cougar Sightings from before 2006 Michigan Cougar Sightings by County See what the Michigan DNR has to say about cougars. Click here for Michigan's National Park Service- The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore's take on the issue. About SaveTheCougar.Org DNR confirms cougar track By Brandon Veale POSTED: March 14, 2008 http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/502100.html?nav=5003   Cougar Track In Michigan Posted by MikeAdams on March 14, 2008 http://michiganhuntingtoday.com/hooksandbullets/index.php/2008/03/14/cougar-track-in-michigan/ Likely cougar tracks found in Upper Peninsula, DNR says http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-51/1205441972189330.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

Why the Michigan DNR Continues to Deny Michigan's Cougars by Denise Massey, Founder, MCCR http://www.michigancougar.com/dnrdenial.htm

How to Avoid or Survive an Encounter with a Mountain Lion http://users.frii.com/mytymyk/lions/onguard.htm

Posted 3/21/2006 - Photos of Large Feline Tracks. Good Harbor Bay, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Leelanau County, Michigan. "They could be a cougar, I don't know. You be the judge." see the slideshow

February 5, 2005 Michigan Cougar sighting confirmed- DNR: It could have come from other state Record-Eagle staff writer TRAVERSE CITY - A cougar confirmation in the Upper Peninsula won't sway the Department of Natural Resources' stance on the possibility of a "breeding population" of cougars in the state. The agency still wants more evidence. Read More

3/4/2006 NEW MICHIGAN COUGAR SIGHTING- "I am a retired Police Officer from Grand Rapids and make this report simply based on what I saw." read more

HORSE KILLED BY COUGAR IN JACKSON COUNTY Michigan Wildlife Conservancy Michigan Wildlife Conservancy has released results of a detailed investigation of a horse killed on August 31 http://www.miwildlife.org/news-detail.asp?id=12

Cougars in Michigan? Study seeks answers Web-posted Jan 3, 2005 By KANIQUA S. DANIEL Of The Daily Oakland Press A 12-month study to determine if cougars live in Michigan is under way at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.. http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/010305/loc_20050103026.shtml

Hunters dispute claim of cougars in state Michigan Outdoor News By Bill Parker, Editor Sault Ste Marie, Mich. — There are no cougars in Michigan. http://www.easterncougarnet.org/mich_hunters.htm

Did cougar stash deer? Web-posted Nov 25, 2004 By KANIQUA S. DANIEL Of The Daily Oakland Press The carcass of a deer found 10 feet high in a tree has residents concerned that a cougar may be roaming Commerce Township.

Mountain lions on the prowl once again USA TODAY By Dennis Cauchon, SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Mich. — http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-30-mountain-lions_x.htm

Couple spot cougar heading into barn Authorities launch search for cat in Lenawee County March 9, 2005 BY MARYANNE GEORGE FREE PRESS ANN ARBOR BUREAU Read the full article here

Puma concolor (mountain lion, puma, and cougar) University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Puma_concolor.html

Conservancy pleads case for existence of cougars http://www.easterncougarnet.org/Michigan%20Outdoor%20News1-23.htm

Channel 6 News - Status of Cougars in Michigan http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=2098997

State’s ‘cat fight’ has disputed points http://www.michiganoutdoornews.com/MICHIGANOUTDOORNEWS/viewsearchresults.asp?infoid=86773343&moduleid=13166506&current=

Michigan Wildlife Conservancy Website http://www.miwildlife.org/

National Park Service article acknowledging cougars in Sleeping Bear http://www.nps.gov/slbe/pphtml/subanimals6.html

Cougar Sightings Grow http://www.lsj.com/things/outdoors/040118_cougars.html

‘Cougar warning’ signs posted at Sleeping Bear http://www.easterncougarnet.org/Michigan%20Outdoor%20News.htm

Group claims cougars are alive and well in state http://www.detnews.com/2003/outdoors/0304/28/c09-85979.htm

At Sleeping Bear, you're in cougar country http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors/eric20_20031120.htm

Eastern Puma Research Network 42 years of field studies, over 7,500 cougar sighting reports http://www.easternpumaresearch.com

THE COUGAR NETWORK http://www.easterncougarnet.org/

How to tell a cougar track and more information on Cougars / Mountain Lions http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

Michigan Cougars: Real Or Imagined? http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2328692/detail.html

Cougars still prowl in Michigan http://www.freep.com/sports/outdoors/cougar1_20011101.htm

The Leelanau.com Forum on Cougars http://www.leelanau.com/UltimateBB/Forum2/HTML/000064.html

Michigan Cougar Confirmations by area compiled by the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy http://www.easterncougarnet.org/umw-desc/Mi%20Cougar%20Confirmations%20by%20MWC.doc

Cougars remain elusive-- Are they here or not? http://www.miningjournal.net/archive/2003news/05-may/05-09_1.html

Saving Mounitan Lions of California http://www.mountainlion.org/

Eastern Puma Research http://www.easternpumaresearch.com

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY Cougar/Wolf/Bear Interactions http://www.wcs.org/international/northamerica/yellowstone/yellowstonecougar

Sightings article from 12/28/03 http://www.pressrepublican.com/outdoors/lib/2003/12282003out2.htm

Is Michigan cougar country? http://www.lsj.com/news/local/020505_cougar_mainbar_1a-8a.html

Mountain Lion Attacks Introduction http://users.frii.com/mytymyk/lions/intro.htm

Predator Defense 1996 Sued Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for records on cougar killing http://www.predatordefense.org/about/index.htm

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