- Manage mountain lions to maintain their current distribution throughout the state and maintain or increase numbers.
- Manage mountain lions at a range of densities throughout the state, from no lions where their presence is considered undesirable, to moderate densities in many units, and higher densities in remote areas.
- Increase opportunities to harvest mountain lions with the intention of maintaining mountain lion populations only in remote, core areas.
Cat Comments Sought
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Fish and Game wants to know how Idahoans wish their mountain lions to be managed.
The department is currently revisiting its management philosophy for Idaho's biggest wild cats and deciding whether or not revisions are needed. The Fish and Game Commission will include any changes when they set big game rules in March. Lion management was last revised in 1991.
Three management options are currently under consideration: