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Bigfork Event Focuses On Getting Along With Grizzlies

By • Apr 29, 2019
A graphic of grizzly locations from collared bears within five miles of the Swan River Community Hall. Red dots are female bears and blue are males. Presented April 26, 2019.
Nick Mott / Montana Public Radio

Wildlife officials received 150 calls related to grizzly conflicts with people in northwest Montana last year, a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) report released last week says. An event in Bigfork Thursday night was geared towards reducing those conflicts and helping the growing populations of both people and grizzlies in bear country get along.

FWP Reports Increase In Northwest Montana Bear Management Actions

By • Apr 23, 2019
Black bear
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The most grizzly bears since 2011 were captured last year in northwest Montana, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) annual reports released Tuesday.

The reports focus on management actions in 2018 for grizzlies, black bears and mountain lions in FWP’s Region 1 – the northwest corner of the state.

Whitebark Pine: The Crown Of The Continent's Vanishing Giants

By Nick Voss • Apr 14, 2019
Whitebark pine.
Famartin (CC-BY-SA-3)

I first visited Glacier National Park in June. Though winter had only recently loosened its grip on the Crown of the Continent, there were blue skies and sunshine as I hiked up a high-elevation glacial basin. The temperature was a balmy 60 degrees.

Teen Survives Montana Bear Attack With Minor Injuries

By • Apr 8, 2019
Grizzly bear. Stock photo.
iStock

ENNIS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a teen survived a bear attack with relatively minor injuries in southwestern Montana.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks say it was likely a grizzly bear that attacked the 17-year-old south of Ennis Sunday. Morgan Jacobsen of FWP says the teen was visiting Montana from Utah.

Following Record Year Of Yellowstone Grizzly Deaths, Officials Discuss Conflict Solutions

By Rachel Cramer • Apr 5, 2019

Following a record year of deaths for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone, state and federal wildlife managers met in Bozeman this week to discuss efforts to reduce conflicts with humans. 

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