MICHIGAN CITIZENS for COUGAR RECOGNITIONHILLSDALE County Sightings

09/30/04	Mosherville and Hadley Road, Saw before in same area
01/17/05	Reading behind Meadlowland Apartment Complex - 1 block from Main Road
09/06/05	Scipio Township, 1-2 miles S of Litchfield on Concord Road
09/10/05	9 miles SE of Hillsdale	BLACK
09/30/05	Wheatland Township, 3/10 N of Hoxie Road, S of North Adams Road	PAIR
11/06	Chester Street, Hillsdale; Observed by Jerry Champion and Friends	BLACK
07/11/07	1/4 mile North of Reading Road on Carpenter Road - leaped in front of observer's car crossing the road into a cornfield

Using information compiled by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, it was determined that approximately 50% of anecdotal reports (as listed below), can be classified as probable or verified. Reports by the public, when carefully screened for reliability, and used in conjunction with other information and evidence, can aid in assessing population status. Thank you to the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Retired DNR Forester Mike Zuidema, and the media for this valuable research information.



DENISE N. MASSEY