FORT Scientists Teach Citizens about Colorado’s Top Predator

As communities expand into mountain lion habitat, the relationship between mountain lions and humans is commanding increased attention. On August 10-11, FORT scientists Don Hunter and Caroline Krumm taught a Rocky Mountain Nature Association seminar on Rocky Mountain National Park’s top predator. In this two-day, one-credit class, 15 citizens learned how mountain lions fit into the park’s ecosystem and among the people and communities of the Colorado Front Range. The instructors covered all aspects of mountain lion ecology, discussed cooperative research with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and addressed human-mountain lion interaction. In class and field sessions, participants experienced first-hand the tools and methods used in research and management, including learning to read the signs left by mountain lions. FORT has been conducting research on mountain lions since 2003, tracking movements through radio telemetry and GPS, investigating prey choice, and assessing whether there is a relationship between mule deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease and lion kills.

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 People, Parks, and Pumas... and Prions: A Multi-Agency Partnership Brings Mountain Lion Research to the Colorado Front Range

 

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