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In response to a new state law, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks bear managers produced a set of maps showing where they might release grizzlies captured during their official duties.

With grizzly bears probing its edges, wildlife managers along the Montana-Idaho border anticipate a lot of controversy heading toward the Bitterroot Ecosystem.

Groups want land agencies to preserve grizzly denning habitat MTN News Posted at 1:02 PM, Jun 09, 2021 and last updated 2021-06-09 15:02:36-04 MISSOULA — In an effort to get federal land agencies to preserve what grizzly bear habitat remains, advocates have released another report documenting all the potential bear denning habitat throughout southwestern Montana and northern Idaho. On Tuesday, biologist Mike Bader and geospatial analyst Paul Sieracki presented the results of their scienti...

The Bitterroot Ecosystem subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee had a full agenda for its spring meeting, but surprisingly, much of it was closed to the public.

Readers of my columns can be forgiven for assuming that my every waking thought surrounds things political and historical. After all, at 4, I cried myself to sleep in front of my family’s grainy 12-inch Muntz television screen the night Stevenson first lost to Eisenhower. Four years later, w… More Headlines