It was a striking animal, certainly, but it was no mountain lion. Just like we dont need any slimy humans on earth period. COLCHESTER, Vt. Catamounts are. Our county. Its range was once similarly vast; from the high north regions of the Yukon to the Straits of Magellan. Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal likely trekked more than 1,500 miles from South Dakota, a journey that was captured by trail camera (above). Obviously, this is the reason why the experts are loathe to admit that the species is here. She lives near the end of a gravel road in a modest, low-slung house tucked into the flanks of the Green Mountains. I was deer hunting with my father, it was in the fall about 7 years ago, in Barre Ma towards the Templeton Ma lines. Not a bobcat or a coyote or a fisher or anything else that might be mistaken for a mountain lion. We need [an apex] predator back on the land, Sue Morse told me. Body coloration can range from tan to gray and cubs are usually covered with blackish brown spots. How did I know? In their estimation, the presence of a breeding cougar population in New England would likely stem from our proximity to Canada, where, as they rightly point out, DNA analysis has resulted in 19 positive identifications across Quebec and New Brunswick since 2001 (although some of these were shown to be of South American lineage, suggesting escaped pets). Perfect conditions, then, for thinking you saw something. And, he says, if they were here, wouldnt one have been killed on one of the states highways where cars and trucks travel some 9 million miles every year? I noticed that there were many great websites, blogs, and discussion boards devoted to mountain lion sightings in other states of New England, but not one just for Vermont. When we reached tower, a ranger arrived in a pickup. It was his great coolness and daring (either that, or fear) that enabled Crowell to shoot the animal at a distance of one rod only (roughly 16 feet), first hitting it in the leg with his shotgun, then dispatching it with a bullet to the head from a borrowed rifle. But it seems virtually inevitable that a time is coming when that thing you see on the trail up ahead of you might be something to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Running into a mountain lion can be a scary experience. Where I live bears, wolves cougars etc roamed freely and now sadly if one of those apex predators is spotted our DNR will usually destroy it. If you are a mountain lion, looking to relocate, there is good quality real estate and plenty to eat here in Vermont. At the head of the driveway is a flower sales table in front of a modest size greenhouse. Green Mountain Lion Corp. Home; Apply Now! We have a lot of them here in N CA. Success stories being more fun to talk about than the other kind. How big was the animal? Cougars, Lynx, Bobcats, Wolves, Bears etc were and are a my husband tapped my leg and asked what is that crossing the road It was a Cougar tan in color long tail which had a slight curl upward .I wish I had my camera to prove it but I know We saw it. Especially by one that he remembers involving a kill site.. I live in Vermont and have seen, in broad daylight, a mountain lion (catamount, cougar, puma). People clearly arent lying when they say they saw a cougar; [the sighting] has a profound effect on them.. The 1881 death of this catamount officially marked the end of cougars in Vermont; however, the very last Eastern cougar is thought to be an animal that was killed in Somerset County, Maine, in 1938. Long Trail Mountain Lion roster: Myra Aldanondo, Olivia Cole-Bugay, Liz Daara, Rose Johnson, Aubrey Lanning, Molly Luikart, Camilla Marcy, Meara Morgan, Harlow Quail, . Experts need to see the body to dismiss their prejudices. You wouldnt shake hands with a man like that, she said, and though she was smiling I could tell she was serious. Given the long, shared border between these provinces and New England, along with plentiful evidence that other species cross this border regularly, it seems entirely possible that cougars would also engage in international travel. If you dont think cougars are coming to the East, think again, she said, leaning forward for emphasis. Ive seen more field evidence in a couple of hours tracking out west than Ive seen in 100 years on the East Coast, he said. If these people say they saw something, Im going to listen., If theres one thing people on all sides of the debate can agree on, its that a breeding population of cougars is essential to the overall health of New Englands ecosystems, which currently lack an apex predator. But the landowners were excited enough by the possibility that, persuaded by Blodgett, they bought a trail camera and set it up on the site. The catamount is a creature of stealth and concealment; it stalks its prey, which on the EasternSeaboard would likely be deer, moose, porcupines, beavers, and domestic livestock. The scientific name for the catamount is Puma concolor. With all the thousands of trail cameras in the woods of New England, one would think that there would be at least one picture taken of a catamount. As land was cleared for farming and the cats prey species declined in number, it went after livestock. Betty had driven up from his home in Rhode Island. It fled when I resumed my walk down the logging road and on to my truck. 5-7 yards from me. It was fast as hell but there was no mistaking its not only long,but THICK tail as it disappeared into the woods. [Betty] and the other guys dont do this shit. I do this shit.. In recent years, it has been expanding its range elsewhere; moving into mid-western states like Illinois and Missouri from its established range in the Rocky Mountain states and the Dakotas. Even in areas of high cougar density, the there are far more attacks on humans by domesticated dogs or deer/car collision fatalities than those due to cougar attack. His Tail was very long almost touching the ground and as thick as velvet rope. The reasons for this conspiracy vary depending upon whom you talk to, but they coalesce around the idea that wildlife agencies would be inconvenienced by the cougars presence, as theyd be forced to respond in ways that would tax their resources. Jason. He/she was UNMISTAKEABLY a mountain lion: stretched out straight, long tail straight out behind him, golden/beigey color, and smallish head, little ears. So you can imagine there. 104 Williston, VT 05495. The solitary animal seeks out new territory and eventually a new population will be established. In 1994, scat collected after a sighting in Craftsbury, Vermont, was found to contain cougar hair (the animals are prone to ingesting their hair while grooming), and the commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department circulated a memo with the following line: Harrigans interest in cougars was sparked in the late 70s, after he took ownership of, Perhaps, then, the ultimate question isnt whether cougars are among us, but rather how we can encourage them to settle here, After 20 minutes or so, we turned and stumbled our way back to the parking lot. They have a right to exist here and they contribute to healthier prey species. It was his great coolness and daring (either that, or fear) that enabled Crowell to shoot the animal at a distance of one rod only (roughly 16 feet), first hitting it in the leg with his shotgun, then dispatching it with a bullet to the head from a borrowed rifle. Reported mountain lion sightings are popping up all over Vermont and convinced onlookers say the proof is in the pictures. I was driving to work in Greenfield heading south on 10 and had just taken a right hand turn at the junction when the big cat crossed the road in front of me. Yet I also remembered something Sue Morse had told me months before, as we sat in her living room drinking beer and chatting cats. Growing up in northern Vermont, Id heard stories of sightings, though always a few steps removed from the tellersomebodys cousin had seen a cougar cross the road on their way home from deer camp up in Canaan (or was it Coventry? But it was also a male. When I came out, the cat appeared in front of me coming up a rise (incredibly close to some ski condos). One day I most certainly watched him/her being chased up and down our chain link fence by a neighbors large dog who was barking insanely and couldnt quite catch the cougar, who finally made it away from the fence to escape the determined dog whod had him trapped up against it. About six years ago, my mother and step-father were traveling some back roads down to New Boston, NH to visit my sister where she lived in an extended care facility. The tavern was quiet except for some hard-rock music playing on the radio, the murmur of a handful of men at the bar, and us. Responding to complaints about a predator eating a local farmers sheep, Crowell and a small group of fellow hunters had tracked the big cat through the snow. Much as I liked Ottmann and Betty, and much as I found some of their evidence compelling, I was struggling to reconcile their more provocative claims with the restraint expressed by the many other experts Id spoken with. The last catamount killed in Vermont stands under glass just inside the doors to the Vermont Historical Museum in Montpelier, a hop, skip, and a jump down the block from the statehouse. For instance, a favorite food for deer is the seedlings of forest tree species. Theres probably 100 in Connecticut, Ottmann interrupted, rolling a cigarette as he spoke. And, if those people who said they were seeing catamounts were wrong, and not just making it up, then what were they seeing? These settlers established measures for predator control by any means possible. Maybe, I thought, but the shape seemed wrong. It has, in fact, more names than any animal in the world. His mention of these encounters was so matter-of-fact that I found myself nodding along. A hard-to-spot mountain lion patiently waits for the right moment to attack an elk feeding in a gully at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico in a photo posted by the refuge . Beautiful creature. But I learned something else in my ad hoc researchesnamely that this was a question that aroused a lot of passion in people. Forty years of reporting on New Hampshire cougar sightings has convinced Harrigan that the state is home to at least a handful of breeding animals. Fish and Wildlife Service unofficially declared the Eastern cougar extinct. But some sightings were more promising and some seemed exceedingly so. Please. Well, I KNOW there was at least one mountain lion in NE because years ago (maybe 35 or so) I lived in Longmeadow, MA. The evidence, he says, just wasnt there., Mountain Lions Revisit Kill Sites Height. There was no mistake. Newspaperman John Harrigan has long covered the New England outdoors, including writing the New Hampshire Sunday News column Woods, Water & Wildlife which ran for almost 40 years. So it is possible that, on occasion, someone would catch a glimpse of one of these animals. In the United States the animal could, at one time, be found in all the states but with civilization, came a decline, the Vermont experience being more or less typical. In Vermont, in the late 19th century, this meant, especially, sheep. But never a catamount. [The catamounts] movements were so noiseless that Mr. Crowell found himself in this dangerous proximity before he was aware of it, and it was only by great coolness and daring that he severely wounded the animal and perhaps saved his own life, reads a placard attached to the display case. The deer dont eat the exotics, but they eat the competitors. I went back and told the tale to anyone who would listen. Their bodies are mainly covered in tawny-beige fur, except for the whitish-gray belly and chest. With the price off its head, the lion gained new stature, and in July 1965 . These were old growth woods and the canopy had kept the ground cover down, so I could see three or four hundred yards ahead of me but not clearly, because of the gloom. I was agnostic, I suppose, on these stories which the state wildlife biologists inevitably found impossible to substantiate and, often, easy to disprove. People said that the catamountas the animal is called in Vermontwas still around and you heard stories about someone who would swear to having seen one. Growing up in northern Vermont, Id heard stories of sightings, though always a few steps removed from the tellersomebodys cousin had seen a cougar cross the road on their way home from deer camp up in Canaan (or was it Coventry? No An official form of the United States government. Around 1830, the . I think of Aldo Leopolds Thinking Like a Mountain essay about how deer decimated the forests and died of starvation because of humans incessant desire to kill. Wildlife do really crazy things, and you just never know.. Among the mountain lions typical behaviors is the way it will revisit, for several days, the carcass of an animal it has killed, moving it and cacheing it until there is nothing left to eat or the flesh has turned. I mentioned this to a neighbor who spotted one a few miles away. And so when they come to him with a sighting, hes prepared to believe. She IS, perhaps, the most knowledgeable and experienced person in this arena and I listened intently to her presentation (Richmond, VT 2018). At Green Mountain Lion Corp, we specialize in placing professionals in a variety of industries. Morse introduced me to her cat, Allister, whom she referred to as her portable puma. Then she fetched me a beer. I saw a Mountain Lion in 2007 in Northfield, MA at the junctions of Rtes 10 and 63. As pets or for exhibit. As I looked at my daughter and then turned to follow the direction she was looking, I saw the animal in my side mirror. In Vermont, the last known mountain lion was shot near Barnard in 1881, ending an era when the predators were such a nuisance that the state offered a $20 bounty per pelt. I appreciated Ottmann and Bettys confidence and commitment, but here I was, poking through thorny thickets behind a bar, trailing a bleeding man whose devotion to proving the presence of cougars was beginning to seem like a quixotic quest with no end. Email: info@grnvt.com. Now, ocelots are critically endangered and jaguarundis might be completely gone. I got the glasses to my eyes and focused on the animal. My daughter said to me thats the biggest cat Ive ever seen. Instead, the responsne I heard were nonchalant, Oh, yes, lots of people have seen that mountain lion around here; pretty isnt it?. The mountain lionalso known as the cougar, puma, panther, or catamountis a large cat species native to the Americas. Its OK, he told me. near Greenfield with an experienced guide that hed worked with several times. That was plain, right away. Still, there are those of us who know what weve seen. It kills to eat but does not necessarily practice any sort of conservation ethic. People like you are the problem and cause of extinctions. There are no breeding cougars in New England and we do not need any. Hes also unafraid to take unpopular positions when he deems it necessary: Shortly before our meeting, hed signed a petition in favor of keeping ATVs off public roads. Video - Trade Show Recaps; Videos - Can We Find a Time to Talk? But there was certainty, or near-certainty, on the part of the witnesses who, it seemed, would swear to having seen a catamount. Apex predators like the cougar and wolf make for a healthier ecosystem. The animal was too small and it lacked the long, sinuous tail of the catamount. We hadnt seen a cougar, nor any evidence to suggest a cougar had traveled these woods recently. And, now, here I was. The cat is dead. We witnessed a mountain lion stalking a herd of deer. Still, Spatz acknowledged that the word hope is very different from the word believe. Predator removal was steady and unforgiving from the early 1800s . Black markings decorate the tip of the tail, ears, and around the snout. On one side, there are those (as represented here by Sue Morse, Kim Royar, and Christopher Spatz, along with a number of others I spoke with) who contend that the lack of verifiable evidence is proof that the animals are not here. Tom Stearns, a Vermont Game Warden says they get reports all the time. I did call in a report to CT DEP and they basically dismissed my narrative questioning whether I made a mistake confusing the animal I saw with a bobcat or fisher cat. Or, if it does, when that will be. Also known as cougars, panthers or pumas, mountain lions range in color from tan to grey, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. My assumption is it was the same animal. I only saw the back side, but he was huge. Was INCREDIBLE! 2,110 likes. The tails gotta be there. And, more often than not, when I told it, the person listening would nod and tell me about someone who had definitely seen a mountain lion/catamount in the Vermont woods or crossing a highway or, even, in the back yard. We think theyre coming in from Canada, Betty told me. I was tracking some deer tracks and I came to a promising deer run with a lot of deer scat on the ground when I noticed a cat track amongst the sign. Now that USFW has declared them extinct, why not formally reintroduce them. Scat, tracks, lays, scratch mounds youll see these things.. In 2011, the U.S. The animal, I learned, is called many things: mountain lion, panther, catamount, puma, cougar and more. As livestock farming came to dominate the landscape, pressure on the big cats slowly mounted on two fronts: The number of farmers wanting them dead was increasing, while the rapid transition from forest to farmland meant their habitat was shrinking. Harrigans interest in cougars was sparked in the late 70s, after he took ownership of The Coos County Democrat and began noticing the steady influx of reported sightings. By now, I knew the answer to that one. Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) was set to play the Long Tail Mountain Lions last Tuesday before the former decided not to compete based on concerns for player safety and fairness. [An overabundance of deer] means our forests are getting older and older and not being replaced. He also points to the influx of invasive plant species in New England as evidence of an out-of-control deer population. I moved very carefully to get my hand in my pocket and my fingers around the glasses. Some with cameras. Others have seen cougar in neighboring towns . I had a pair of good binoculars in my coat pocket. There were pine cones on window sills, a well-used hatchet and a variety of animal figurines on display, and, near the television, a stack of videos including. Local game officials are saying that this is another one of those sightings where people claim to have seen a mountain lion. Inslerman said the DEC received about a half-dozen calls reporting sightings of mountain lions last year; two calls this week. My own inclination, for the little it matters, is to side with the professionals like Blodgett. He never found the evidence. Defenders of Wildlife developed funding to support wolf predation on cattle which I believe worked. Harrigan is 72 and lives just outside the northern New Hampshire town of Colebrook; he has a long, craggy face that seems almost to have molded itself after the mountainous landscape of his home state. Whenever I drive up and through my home state of Vermont, I look into the hills that surround me that have no sign of development for miles and miles. The females are where its at, she said. Its closest living relative is the cheetah. There were pine cones on window sills, a well-used hatchet and a variety of animal figurines on display, and, near the television, a stack of videos including Life of a Predator and The African Lion. Im not surprised that various state officers deny the presence of cougars in new England. And it was this curiosity that led me to the Old Well Tavern in Simsbury, Connecticut, at a time of day (11:30 a.m.) that does not normally find me ensconced in the dim confines of a drinking establishment. The last catamount in Vermont is finally, officially, certainly dead. There was one young kid, in his 20s, who had been doing it since he was in high school and he walked and thought like a cat. And, furthermore, the animal still had its claws, though those have usually been removed from captive animals. One summer I saw what I assumed was the same cougar several different times in my neighborhood which was near a long strip of woods along I 91 and used to be a large open field across the road from our home. Morse has been tracking cougars for 45 years, mostly in the mountains of the West, where their existence is not in doubt. I started asking a lot of questions, and realized theres only one explanation for the answers I was getting: They are here., You could have 30 in Connecticut alone. But that was OK. Bo Ottmann knew they were out there. Dismissing most of the sightings as probable bobcats, Morse asserted that the scientific evidence has not been proven. In Vermont, for instance, a few dozen wild turkeys from Pennsylvania were released in 1969 and multiplied into the thousands we have here now. And some people might decide to release them into the wild rather than keeping them in their possession. So yes they are here and not to sure why they dont admit to them being around ! The Strafford & Area Lions conducted its Food From The Heart food drive February 11th through the 18th, collecting 981.6 pounds of food and receiving monetary donations of $1,262 which were used to purchase food and other items to be donated to the Sharon, Vershire and Thetford food shelves. hen I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. She favors plaid shirts, green Dickies work pants, and hiking boots, and she chided me for shaking her hand too gently. (The cat I saw when I was a young boy was on the Gulf Coast.). I have no choice but to take this seriously, he told me. I think I may have pissed her off since I was up in that area X2 this week. And there have been fatal attacks. Face to face, maybe, with a sure enough catamount. Its distinctive featurethe one that sets it apart from other North American wild catsis its tail, which is thick and often as long as its body. Of course no dash cam or accessible phone camera at the time! My stepfather had been a hunter and was no stranger to seeing animals in the woods and countryside, so when they came up over a knoll in the road and saw a large cat looking at them, he saw the face and thought, bobcatuntil they then saw the rest of the animals body: huge, beautifully tawny colored, and in possession of what my mother described as a very long tail, that was as thick as my wrist. By the late 20th century, the range of the catamount was confined to several western states and a small remnant population along the Gulf Coast that was eventually squeezed down into the Everglades/Big Cypress area of Florida and reduced to a couple of dozen animals of poor genetic quality due to inbreeding. He soon developed a five-question litmus test: How far away were you? 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