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Oregon wildlife officials estimate over 6,000 cougars roam the state.  Corey Heath of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife talked with the Source Weekly about the growing population and what to do if you spot one. 

This article appears in Mar 16-23, 2016.

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Sourcecast Audio: Oregon’s growing population of cougars

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 19, 2016

<h1>Sourcecast Audio: Oregon’s growing population of cougars</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 19, 2016</p> <p>Oregon wildlife officials estimate over 6,000 cougars roam the state. &nbsp;Corey Heath of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife talked with the Source Weekly about the growing population and what to do if you spot one.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/coug-2.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/coug-2.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-37315" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Two cougars captured on a trail camera near Redmond</figcaption></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-audio-oregons-growing-population-of-cougars-2610565/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37303&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-audio-oregons-growing-population-of-cougars-2610565/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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