Comments on: The sad tale of the cougar and the Michigan DNR http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/ ...your public lands. This blog is wind powered and carbon neutral. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sick of City Life http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-89959 Sick of City Life Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:05:51 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-89959 A lot of it has to do with the American dream of owning your own house and piece of land. After WW II development of land became a new business boom and that mentality is still prevalent. Many large cities have started to rehab their old neighborhoods and brownfield sites--let's hope that trend continues. Until then, tax codes and laws need to encourage--not discourage--such land reclamation. Unfortunately, humans are by nature consumers and liquidators, not preservationists. A lot of it has to do with the American dream of owning your own house and piece of land. After WW II development of land became a new business boom and that mentality is still prevalent. Many large cities have started to rehab their old neighborhoods and brownfield sites–let’s hope that trend continues. Until then, tax codes and laws need to encourage–not discourage–such land reclamation. Unfortunately, humans are by nature consumers and liquidators, not preservationists.

]]> By: Citizen http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-89767 Citizen Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:35:58 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-89767 Poor cougars have an encroachment problem. Humans keep on destroying their habitat. Poor cougars have an encroachment problem. Humans keep on destroying their habitat.

]]> By: Sick of City Life http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-79577 Sick of City Life Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:20:14 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-79577 I think that the DNR is hesitant to admit the presence of any large predator in the lower peninsula unless it is the status quo bear, smaller cat, or coyote. Most Yoopers that I know live in the UP because they are not bothered by enormous amounts of rain and snow and the occasional interaction with something wild--that is why they live "north" of the bridge. Many people I know who live south of the bridge have become accustomed to the presence of no large predators and they want to keep it that way. So far any wolf that has been unfortunate to cross into the lower peninsula always meets an untimely demise--usually some idiot with a rifle, or starvation. Personally, I would be jazzed if wolves (and large cats) restablished themselves in the LP. I think that the DNR is hesitant to admit the presence of any large predator in the lower peninsula unless it is the status quo bear, smaller cat, or coyote. Most Yoopers that I know live in the UP because they are not bothered by enormous amounts of rain and snow and the occasional interaction with something wild–that is why they live “north” of the bridge. Many people I know who live south of the bridge have become accustomed to the presence of no large predators and they want to keep it that way. So far any wolf that has been unfortunate to cross into the lower peninsula always meets an untimely demise–usually some idiot with a rifle, or starvation. Personally, I would be jazzed if wolves (and large cats) restablished themselves in the LP.

]]> By: Mike http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-79461 Mike Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:26:45 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-79461 David - Thanks for sharing your sighting! Sorry to hear that the Michigan DNR still thinks cougars don't exist in the northwoods. That goes to show you just how far behind they are. David -

Thanks for sharing your sighting!

Sorry to hear that the Michigan DNR still thinks cougars don’t exist in the northwoods.

That goes to show you just how far behind they are.

]]> By: David A Bitler http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-79408 David A Bitler Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:54:18 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-79408 Just sighted a courgar off my deck in Grant Township Mason County. This isn't the 1st time I have seen this cat but it was the best look I have had in my three sightings of him. I did call the DNR & left a message about it as I have done one other time. The last time I called the DNR they told me there were no cougars in Michigan. Just sighted a courgar off my deck in Grant Township Mason County. This isn’t the 1st time I have seen this cat but it was the best look I have had in my three sightings of him. I did call the DNR & left a message about it as I have done one other time. The last time I called the DNR they told me there were no cougars in Michigan.

]]> By: john http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-67780 john Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:58:53 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-67780 If cougars aren't breeding, how come this time line i just read is a hundred years old? Do they live to be a hundred? No they don't. DNR are idiots. Where are they all coming from? If cougars aren’t breeding, how come this time line i just read is a hundred years old? Do they live to be a hundred? No they don’t. DNR are idiots. Where are they all coming from?

]]> By: j http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-64792 j Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:09:42 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-64792 losers losers

]]> By: The Wilderness Sportsman » Blog Archive » Michigan: Wild cougar confirmed in U.P. http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/2008/11/17/the-sad-tale-of-the-cougar-and-the-michigan-dnr/#comment-48059 The Wilderness Sportsman » Blog Archive » Michigan: Wild cougar confirmed in U.P. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:29:15 +0000 http://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/?p=4036#comment-48059 [...] I would not be surprised if there has been a small population in Porcupine Mountains State Park and the largely private Huron Mountain area and Mcormick Wilderness. I’m glad to see this rare cat show up on film so the Michigan DNR can no longer lie about its existence. See a previous post on that debacle. [...] [...] I would not be surprised if there has been a small population in Porcupine Mountains State Park and the largely private Huron Mountain area and Mcormick Wilderness. I’m glad to see this rare cat show up on film so the Michigan DNR can no longer lie about its existence. See a previous post on that debacle. [...]

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