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Though Black Hills mountain lions are reputed for traveling eastward, a new study has found that those that move are unlikely to breed in the East, reintroducing repopulation concerns.

A couple dozen Black Hills mountain lions captured for research in the early 2000s included a handful of animals that made long-distance dispersals. Their movements are depicted here.

Spanning 8,000 square miles, the isolated mountain range is a wonderland of shimmering lakes, winding roads, and soaring peaks, including the 7,242-feet Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s tallest.

PIERRE, S.D. - After hearing that the Black Hills in southwest South Dakota has a thriving mountain lion population, the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission on Thursday proposed that ...

Related to this story Hunting season The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Commission will finalize the proposed 2011 mountain lion hunting on Oct. 6 and 7.

Another Black Hills mountain lion has gone the distance. A subadult lion wearing a radio collar from South Dakota was killed this week nearly 600 miles away in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The robust Black Hills mountain lion population has long been thought of as a conveyor belt of itinerant eastbound animals that will eventually culminate in Puma concolor reoccupying old haunts ...

Facing public opposition, a state commission abandoned a plan Thursday in Huron that would have reduced the mountain lion population goal in South Dakota’s Black Hills by 50 animals. The South ...

Yesterday’s Silver Mountain Fire started at 0.1 acre and grew to 22 acres rather quickly. And thankfully today, with all the fast action on the ground and in the air, it’s up to 75% containment.

The Black Hills are thick with lions. But those that leave are unlikely to repopulate the East, study finds Mike Koshmrl WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange Oct 3, 2024 Oct 3, 2024 Comments ...