Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma

Idaho Fish and Game Gives Mountain Lion Family a New Home

Three mountain lion kittens and their mother were transported and released from the Johnny Creek area of Pocatello.

Big Game Scoping Meeting CDA Jan 5

A big game season setting scoping meeting will be held at the Panhandle Regional office on Thursday January 5th from 5:30-7:30 pm.  Big game includes deer, elk, mountain lion, black bear, and wolf. 

Big Game Season Public Input Meeting

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is starting to collect public input to develop big game hunting season proposals for 2017 and 2018.  Big game seasons are now set for a two year period, so the hunting seasons being developed will be for the next two years.

 The first public meeting is scheduled in Sandpoint on Thursday, December 8.  The meeting will be held at the Ponderay Event Center, located at 401 Bonner Mall Way. The meeting will run from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Conservation officer gets rare footage of a mountain lion encounter

Smartphones allow people to shoot video when something unexpected happens, but ironically, that same phone not working allowed Idaho Fish and Game Conservation Rob Howe to get some amazing footage of a mountain lion. 

He was on the phone getting directions from fellow officer Andrew Sorenson to prominent point where he could observe elk hunters when he started losing reception, which is common in the mountains, so he moved his pickup where the reception was better and caught a glimpse of something ahead.

The Proof is in the Pictures

New information on Mountain Lion attack east of Rexburg

The mountain lion believed to be responsible for attacking a four year-old girl near her family camp Friday evening east of Rexburg weighed approximately 90 pounds and turned out to be a young male rather than a young female as originally reported.  

Family Saves Young Girl From Mountain Lion Attack

IDAHO FALLS – A family camping near Green Canyon Hot Springs east of Rexburg, Idaho, saved their four-year-old daughter from being drug away from their campfire by a mountain lion on the evening of Friday, August 12, 2016.

The family had seen the lion in the vicinity earlier in the day, which in itself is highly unusual. When the cat appeared later in the evening and attempted to snatch the child, the family began yelling at the cougar and it dropped the girl and fled. According to the family, the child was physically unharmed, except for a few scratches.