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1. DWR’s Annual Cougar report 2024 

2. DWR’s Big game, black bear and cougar annual reports archives

3. DWR’s R657-24 - Compensation for mountain lion, bear, wolf or eagle damage

4. DWR’s Regional Advisory Council (RAC) meeting schedule

5. DWR’s Black Bear, cougar and furbearer guidebook

6. DWR’s interactive map on Utah’s hunting units

7. DWR’s Utah Mule Deer Statewide Management Plan 2025-30 DWR’s interactive map on Utah’s hunting units

8. Town of Boulder’s Feb 3 2026 Council Meeting discussing the issue (line item 9.8)

9. Visit our TRAPS AND SNARES page for more information on the devices and pet rescue tips.

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SUPPORTING ARTICLES: Many articles have surfaced outlining and challenging the State’s methods.  Here are but a few:

 

1. High Country News article: Utah's New Study Aims to Kill 'As Many Cougars As Possible' (March, 2026)

2. MLF: Utah’s Cougar Study: A Lethal Program Without Rigorous Science (Dec 22, 2025).

3. Cougar Fund: Update on the Wildlife Board Meeting in Farmington Utah (Jan 8 2026)

4. Salt Lake Tribune article featuring farmer Andy Rice of Boulder, UT: Cougars Have Cost Me Thousands of Dollars in Livestock. That Doesn't Mean I Want Them All Killed (Jan 20, 2026).

5. Felidae Conservation Fund: The Flawed Logic of Utah’s Mountain Lion Culling Study (Feb 18, 2026)

6. KUER: Utah is Culling Mountain Lions to Study the Impact on Deer (Jan 9, 2026)

7. KSL: Utah DWR Gets Pushback on Study Culling Mountain Lions to Improve Mule Deer Population (Jan 9, 2026)

8. Citizen Portal: Utah DWR Outlines Controlled Cougar-Reduction Study; Public Raises Safety and Process Concern (Dec 18, 2025)

9. Western Wildlife Conservancy: Intensive Cougar Culling Experiment

Salt Lake Tribune reviewing the 2023 lawsuit against the State:: Utah’s Mountain Lions Could Vanish in Three Years Lawsuit Claims (Oct 20, 2023)