Cougar Ecology & Conservation
This compilation of recent findings, stunning photographs, and firsthand accounts of field research unravels the mysteries of this magnificent animal and emphasizes its importance in healthy ecosystem processes and in our lives.
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Cougar Management Guidelines
"Anyone interested in a scientific understanding of cougars and their management should read this book."Thirteen authors, with over 200 years of combined experience with cougars, collaborate to bring the best available science on cougar management and conservation . Read More or Order Now
– Stephen Herrero, Professor emeritus, University of Calgary, Alberta
On Nature’s Terms –
People and Predators Co-existing in Harmony
(25 minutes, DVD)
A visually dramatic video promoting the protection of predators and their ecosystems. Read More
Other Related Books and Films
Coyotes in Our Midst: Coexisting with an Adaptable and Resilient Carnivore
By Camilla H Fox and Christopher Papouchis
Coyotes in Our Midst: Coexisting with an Adaptable and Resilient Carnivore discusses the wide array of practical and proven humane and ecologically sound techniques available to ranchers and suburbanites for coexisting with coyotes — from livestock guard dogs, shepherds, and state of the art fencing, to propane exploders, noise makers, and “Coyote Rollers”. References and links are provided to enable individuals, communities, municipalities and others involved in coyote conflict abatement programs to obtain additional resources for reducing coyote conflicts.
To download a free PDF copy of this publication, or to order go to Project Coyote.
American Coyote — Still Wild at Heart
(30 minutes, Color, 2008)
This compelling documentary produced and directed by San-Francisco based filmmaker, Melissa Peabody, founder of Living World Films, is a virtual case study of the coyote’s natural range expansion continent-wide. While the film unfolds with the return of coyotes to the San Francisco Bay area, it pursues the coyote’s story across the North American landscape —from Northern California to New York City's Central Park to Chicago, and points in between. Through interviews with coyote researchers, ecologists, and experts,- including Project Coyote Founding Director, Camilla Fox -- viewers learn about the remarkable adaptability and intelligence of this successful native carnivore and the challenges and opportunities coyotes provide to both urban and rural communities. Go to Project Coyote to order.
Lords of Nature
(60 minutes, High Definition)
Wolves and cougars, once driven to the edge of existence, are finding their way back -- from the Yellowstone plateau to the canyons of Zion, from the farm country of northern Minnesota to the rugged open range of the West. LORDS OF NATURE: Life in a Land of Great Predators tells the story of science now discovering the great carnivores as revitalizing forces of nature, and a society now learning tolerance for the beasts they had once banished.