SIDNEY, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is set to consider recommendations for a mountain lion hunting season.

At its meeting next Friday in Sidney, the commission will vote on a 2026 hunting season in the Pine Ridge, Niobrara and Wildcat Hills units with harvest limits.

The harvest limit in the Niobrara Unit would be a maximum of six mountain lions, with a sublimit of three females; two in the Wildcat Hills Unit would decrease to two, with a sublimit of one female; and 12 in the Pine Ridge Unit would remain at 12 with a sublimit of six females.

The commission said the objective for each unit is to provide a harvest opportunity for mountain lions that allows the population to remain resilient and healthy, while reducing the population in the Pine Ridge, keeping the popula

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