MDC photo passed along by Kathryn Thompson of Jacks Fork River on Facebook. She says an elk calf was found dead; something furry is in the left foreground.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed the presence of a mountain lion on the Department’s Peck Ranch Conservation Area in northwest Carter and eastern Shannon [...]

This game camera photo of a mountain lion in northern Ripley County was taken Oct. 28 and confirmed by Missouri Department of Conservation. The MDC servers are down due to issues connected to Hurricane Sandy, so there is no more info on this…photo relayed via the Doniphan Prospect News who says there will be more [...]

News from the Ozark and Southeast regions
Posted by Candice Davis
EMINENCE, Mo – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has confirmed photographs of a mountain lion in Shannon County near Eminence taken by a trail camera on public land Sept. 10 and 11
According to MDC’s Mountain Lion Response Team, widely scattered mountain-lion sightings have been confirmed [...]

By Jo Schaper
I never know what I’m going to find when I fire up the computer in the morning.
Today, it was a link to a Salem (Mo.) News Online story, featuring a photo of a tawny mountain lion in the cool green waters of Sinkin Creek, just about a half mile upstream from Current [...]

By Jo Schaper
It’s interesting to find out that mountain lions are being used in political campaigns these days.
I was riding back on N Highway from Johnson’s Shut-Ins in Reynolds County on Friday, July 6, when this sign caught my eye, and I just *had* to go back and snap a quick photo [...]

USA Today reports on a new study that says American mountain lions are re-colonizing parts of the United States where they haven’t existed for more than 100 years thanks to a rebounding population in the West.
Missouri’s dramatic increase in mountain lion sightings is a big part of the story.
Here’s the link to the USA Today [...]

Four cougars seen in Missouri came from three states
DNA test results show that four mountain lions seen in Missouri last year came from three Western states, illustrating the species’ capacity for long-distance travel.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirmed 14 mountain-lion sightings in 2011. That was a sharp increase from the previous 16 years, when [...]

A state senator has introduced legislation clarifying that anyone in Missouri may kill a mountain lion, according to an AP story forwarded to us by writer Doug Smith.
Republican Sen. Bill Stouffer, of Napton in mid-state Missouri, offered the proposal Thursday. His bill says anyone who kills a mountain lion would have to report it [...]

Whew! After all the work, the February River Hills Traveler is finally getting out there.
This one is something special, folks, and that’s not hype. We’re kicking off our 40th Anniversary year with some exclusive photos and coverage of the mountain lion trapped near Centerville in Reynolds County on January 5. Writer Doug Smith interviewed [...]