How To Report A Sighting
The Department of Conservation wants to learn about mountain lions in Missouri and encourages all citizens to report sightings.
We have established a Mountain Lion Response Team (MLRT) and given special training to our wildlife damage biologists and selected staff to prepare them to deal with mountain lion incidents.
The Conservation Department conducts field investigations only of those situations that involve human safety, or where there is substantial physical evidence—livestock damage or wildlife kill, scat or hair directly linked to a sighting, or confirmed tracks.
Tracks that are characteristic of a mountain lion should be photographed and then covered with a bucket. Photos, plaster casts of tracks and other physical evidence such as hair or scat should be sent to the Conservation Department so that experts can examine them.
To contact the MLRT send an email to mountain.lion@mdc.mo.gov. Mail photos, video or physical evidence to any of the MLRT leaders below.
Jeff Beringer, Resource Scientist
1110 South College Avenue
Columbia, MO 65201
(573) 882-9909, ext. 3211
Rex Martensen, Private Lands Supervisor
MDC Central Office
P.O. Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 522-4115, ext. 3147
Bill Heatherly, Wildlife Programs Supervisor
MDC Central Office
P.O. Box 180
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 522-4115, ext. 3262
