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.
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.
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.
A mountain lion sighted by a Missoula school bus driver provoked a bit of alarm for parents on the south side of Missoula after the public school system sent out warnings on Friday, September 27.