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Cheekily described as “reverse feline Manifest Destiny,” a GPS-collared mountain lion or cougar was recorded traveling 1,000 miles eastward from her home in Central Utah to the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
It’s an incredible journey that showcases just how at home this extirpated mammal is in America’s wilderness areas, and hints that, proper management permitting, this species could recolonize several states east of the Rocky Mountains such as Arkansas and Missouri, where it once roamed.
In 2022, at 2.5 years old, female mountain lion P66, was detected moving eastward from her base in Utah, veering a bit north, and then swimming across a reservoir on the border with Wyoming.
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It’s an incredible journey that showcases just how at home this extirpated mammal is in America’s wilderness areas, and hints that, proper management permitting, this species could recolonize several states east of the Rocky Mountains such as Arkansas and Missouri, where it once roamed.
In 2022, at 2.5 years old, female mountain lion P66, was detected moving eastward from her base in Utah, veering a bit north, and then swimming across a reservoir on the border with Wyoming.
Continued below.
Cougar Travels 1,000 Miles East in One of Longest Recorded Treks
Cheekily described as “reverse feline Manifest Destiny,” a GPS-collared mountain lion or cougar was recorded traveling 1,000 miles eastward from her home in Central Utah to the eastern slopes of the Rockies. It’s an incredible journey that showcases just how at home this extirpated mammal is in...
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