You haven't given me any evidence that KWP refuses to admit the presence of Mountain Lions, only that the agency is non-communicative. At any rate, a Web search reveals several recent, well-documented sightings of Mountain Lions in eastern Kansas. At the same time, official lists of Kansas mammals recognize the species as extirpated. It seems that an accurate description of the species' status in the state is that occasional individuals, mostly young males and probably from the Ozark/Ouachita population, wander into the state but that there is no viable population.