Grizzly Bears

Grizzly bears often make the news when they do something bad or something bad happens to them. A new book hopes to encourage conversation across the spectrum of people who encounter bears.

Grizzlies in Montana are being spotted further east in recent years, and wildlife managers are bringing their educational programs to some of those same areas.

Two maulings in Southwest Montana by grizzly bears happened recently within a week of each other. To avoid conflicts, wildlife officials advise carrying bear spray. But, where you should aim might surprise you.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is asking the Wyoming Federal Court to force the Interior Department to rule on the state’s grizzly bear delisting. A news release from Gordon’s office says a petition Wyoming filed on May 24, 2023, alleges the Department of Interior failed to meet a 12-month deadline to review Wyoming’s delisting petition.

Gov. Greg Gianforte celebrated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s initial finding while environmentalists cast doubt on the state’s ability to manage the Montana state animal.

Montana’s hot real estate market is making it harder and more expensive to conserve grizzly bear habitats. Nonprofit conservation groups trying to connect isolated bear populations face the challenge of a growing human population and the rising cost of land.

There were 47 grizzly bear mortalities in northwest Montana this year, which is just below the record-breaking numbers from the recent past. Experts say some of those bears appeared to have a brain disease which has not been seen in this population.

Federal agencies announced their plans to reintroduce grizzly bears — some possibly from northwest Montana — into the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington.

Yellowstone officials say a pilot conducting wildlife research on Monday saw an adult bear walking in a meadow in the west-central part of the park.

The lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t properly assess the impact of a rule opening 2.3 million acres in the National Wildlife Refuge system to hunting and fishing.