While mountain lion season is open statewide in North Dakota, most of the cats are taken in Zone 1, which includes the Badlands and encompasses the core of the species’ breeding range.

A multi-year study tracking North Dakota’s mountain lion population indicates the number of big cats is trending downward. In August 2011, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, in ...

North Dakota’s mountain lion population peaked in 2011 or 2012 at a range somewhere between 100 and 275, based on results from computer modeling.

After about 15 years since the first legal mountain lion season in North Dakota, we’ve been learning along the way Doug Leier: Studying mountain lions in North Dakota | INFORUM 0 ...