OLYMPIA — Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats. The ...

Washington’s cougar hunting rules have been rewritten. In a virtual meeting Friday, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to approve a new suite of cougar hunting rules after months of ...

South of Sequim on May 8, 2021, we caught a 2-year-old female cougar as part of the Olympic Cougar Project and fitted her with a GPS collar. We used her data to determine where cougars are most likely ...

A slim majority of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has proposed ratcheting down on hunting cougars. Wildlife advocates have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to repeal ...

SALEM, Ore. -- The long-running debate over cougar hunting was reignited when the Oregon House approved a bill yesterday allowing counties to ignore a statewide ban on hunting cougars with packs of ...

With virtually no discussion, the Utah Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill that would radically alter the rules around cougar hunting. If Gov. Spencer Cox signs HB469 into law, it will be open ...

Several organizations have filed a petition against the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, asking the state to reverse its recent decision to increase the quota for cougar hunting due to the ...

RICH BEAUSOLEIL, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Washington State University graduate student Hilary Cooley with a hound used to track cougars for research. ROBERT HUBNER, WASHINGTON STATE ...