“In Absentia” by Ted Kerasote. © 2006 by Ted Kerasote. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Growl” by Steve Edwards. © 2006 by Steve Edwards. Printed by permission of the author.
“Lion Markers” by J. Frank Dobie. © 1928 by the J. Frank Dobie Library Trust. Reprinted by permission of the J. Frank Dobie Library Trust.
“Border Cat” by Janay Brun. © 2006 by Janay Brun. Printed by permission of the author.
“A Puma’s Journey” by Linda Sweanor. © 2006 by Linda Sweanor. Essay and map printed by permission of the author.
“To Cry for Vision” by Christina Kohlruss. © 2006 by Christina Kohlruss. Printed by permission of the author.
“Closer” by Gary Gildner. © 2005 by Gary Gildner. Appeared in the New York Times Magazine (January 23, 2005). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sanctuary” by David C. Stoner. © 2006 by David C. Stoner. Essay and map printed by permission of the author.
“Talking with a Cougar” by Julia B. Corbett. © 2002 by Julia B. Corbett. Appeared in Snowy Egret (August 2005; 65[2]). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Sacred Cat” by Steve Pavlik. © 2006 by Steve Pavlik. Printed by permission of the author.
“Lion Story” by Rick Bass. © 1998 by Rick Bass. Originally published in Brown Dog of the Yaak (Milkweed, 1998). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“South Dakota Cougar” by Deanna Dawn. Copyright © 2005 by Deanna Dawn. Printed by permission of the author.
“My Bush Soul, the Mountain Lion” by Suzanne Duarte. © 2005 by Suzanne Duarte. Printed by permission of the author.
“Lion Heart” by Cara Blessley Lowe. © 2003 Cara Blessley Lowe. Also appeared on www.oneworldjourneys.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Lion, a Fox, and a Funeral” by Marc Bekoff. © 2005 Marc Bekoff. Printed by permission of the author.
“Hunting at Night” by Joan Fox. © 2003 by Joan Fox. Appeared in Weber Studies (Spring/Summer 2003). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Short, Unnatural History” by Wendy Keefover-Ring. © 2006 by Wendy Keefover-Ring. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Shifting Light of Shadows” by BK Loren. © 2005 by BK Loren. Printed by permission of the author.
“Drought” by Barry Lopez. © 1979 by Barry Lopez. Excerpted from River Notes: The Dance of Herons, published by Andrews and McMeel, 1979. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Cougar Attacks Table. © 2007 and compiled by The Cougar Fund. www.cougarfund.org.
Cougar Kill Totals. © 2002 by Steve Torres. Appears in Cougar Management Guidelines, published by Cougar Management Guidelines Working Group / Sharon Negri / Opal Creel Press, 2005. Redrawn by Rick A. Hopkins of Live Oak Associates, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Mapping Values: Cougars and the Perspectives of Human Stakeholders by Susan G. Clark and David Matheson. © 2007 by Susan G. Clark and David Matheson. Printed by permission of the University of Chicago Press.