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