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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017
Cougars: Alsea area the ‘front range of cougar expansion’
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Wildlife managers believe
cougars could be reaching a
saturation point elsewhere in
the state, forcing young ani-
mals to seek new territory.
However, on the coast and in
the Willamette Valley, human
populations have increased
along with cougar populations,
opening the door for poten-
tial clashes and an uptick in
sightings.
In the updated cougar man-
agement plan, there are maps
of the coastal zone sprinkled
with dots that represent the
location of dead cougars —
cats killed by hunters, struck
by cars, shot by wildlife man-
agers after they threatened
human or animal safety. The
mortality numbers, along with
the ages of the dead cougars,
are one way wildlife managers
estimate the total population.
On one map, showing cou-
gar mortality from 1987 to
1994, there is a smattering of
dead animals. Each dot is dis-
tinct. In the map for 2006 to
National Park Service
Cougar sightings have increased on the Oregon Coast.
2016, the dots form thick black
clusters in the south, especially
around the Alsea management
area near Newport where biol-
ogists plan to begin to collar
and tag cougars this fall.
Broman calls the Alsea
area the “front range of cougar
expansion.”
Jason Kirchner, a state
wildlife biologist who is lead-
ing the collaring efforts, is rep-
licating a study from north-
eastern Oregon, an area known
for having a robust cougar
population. The Alsea team
hopes to collar 10 adult cou-
gars, preferably fi ve males and
fi ve females. They are curious
what they will discover.
In northeastern Oregon,
male cougars can have a home
range of 78 miles. But there,
the big cats roam a landscape
of open grassland and ridges,
a different type of forest.
They hunt Rocky Mountain
elk and mule deer. Cougars
on the coast must navigate a
very different terrain — dense
forests where Roosevelt elk
and black-tailed deer don’t
cover as much ground, where
the undergrowth tangles and
ensnares, where towns clus-
ter near the ocean and cities
sprawl in the valleys.
Ten or 20 years ago, Kirch-
ner says the Alsea area didn’t
see the number of cougar sight-
ings and cougar -related dam-
age complaints he is receiv-
ing now. The blood and scat
samples, the GPS coordinates,
all the information he and his
team will collect this year and
next year could provide a base-
line for future management
decisions on the coast.
“Something’s going on
and we just don’t quite know
what,” he said.
Local big cats
An estimated 6,493 cou-
gars lived in Oregon in 2015, a
healthy population, according
to the state.
“Cougars have proven to
be highly adaptable to human
disturbance,” the updated state
management plan notes. “…
Assuming adequate cover for
movement and dispersal, there
is no reason to doubt that cou-
gars are capable of utilizing
urban habitats in Oregon.”
This summer, people
reported multiple cougar sight-
ings near downtown Tigard, a
city of more than 48,000 out-
side of Portland. In the Red-
land area, a Clackamas County
sheriff’s deputy’s dash camera
caught a cougar on video as it
bounded out in front of the car,
its legs kicked back in a long,
exaggerated stretch before it
cleared the road and disap-
peared into the trees.
It’s rare to see a cougar in
Astoria. Still, sightings do
occur every few years — usu-
ally on the wood-hemmed
roads high above downtown,
on Pipeline Road near the
dump, for instance. People will
report a cougar dashing across
the road in front of them.
Ken Nelson, the city’s pub-
lic works superintendent and a
lifelong hunter, can count on
a hand and a half the number
of times he’s seen a cougar,
even as he’s roamed the woods
around Tillamook or in e ast-
ern Washington and the Cas-
cades. It’s been several years
since he had to put up a “c ou-
gar sighted” sign anywhere in
Astoria.
Hunters in the wider coastal
management zone, even when
they have cougar tags just in
case, are more likely to report
taking a cougar while hunting
for a different animal entirely.
But , as Broman said, “The
chances are plenty of cougars
have seen you and you have
not seen them.”
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