{"id":751562,"date":"2026-07-09T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751562\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:02:11","slug":"umpqua-national-forest-warns-visitors-after-cougar-sightings-at-tiller-campgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751562\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpqua National Forest warns visitors after cougar sightings at Tiller campgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TILLER, Ore. \u2014 Visitors to the Umpqua National Forest\u2019s Tiller Ranger District are being urged to stay alert after recent cougar sightings at two popular campgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Forest Service said cougar sightings have been reported at Cover Camp and Three C Rock campgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The agency offered several safety reminders for anyone recreating in the area: stay aware of your surroundings, keep children and pets close, do not approach wildlife, and report any sightings to the Tiller Ranger District office as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>More information about mountain lions is available through the U.S. Forest Service by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/visit\/know-before-you-go\/mountain-lions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visiting here<\/a>. The Tiller Ranger District can also be reached at (541) 825-3100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TILLER, Ore. \u2014 Visitors to the Umpqua National Forest\u2019s Tiller Ranger District are being urged to stay alert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-751562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}