Additional Information

ALCONA COUNTY COUGAR EVIDENCE

  • Sighting reports since the 1930s clustered in 3 areas.

  • "Ground-truthed" photographs of cougars in 1993 and 1997 taken approximately 4 miles apart.

  • Wildlife biologist's sighting and photographs of tracks within 10 miles in 1998.

  • Tracks and scat (confirmed by DNA analysis) found in 2001.

  • Cubs and cubs with adult reported by multiple observers in same area.