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In the past 10 years alone, the Salmon-Challis National Forest has seen plane and helicopter crashes, massive wildfires, cutting-edge mining and energy proposals, new wilderness designations, disputes over grazing, and a slow approach of grizzly bears that quickly sparked controversy. There was a constant amid the tumult: Chuck Mark.

In the past 10 years alone, the Salmon-Challis National Forest has seen plane and helicopter crashes, massive wildfires, cutting-edge mining and energy proposals, new wilderness designations, disputes over grazing, and a slow approach of grizzly bears that quickly sparked controversy. There was a constant amid the tumult: Chuck Mark.

In the past 10 years alone, the Salmon-Challis National Forest has seen plane and helicopter crashes, massive wildfires, cutting-edge mining and energy proposals, new wilderness designations, disputes over grazing, and a slow approach of grizzly bears that quickly sparked controversy. There was a constant amid the tumult: Chuck Mark.

In the 1990s, IGBC proposed transplanting grizzlies in the 5,800-acre Bitterroot Recovery Area.

In the 1990s, IGBC proposed transplanting grizzlies in the 5,800-acre Bitterroot Recovery Area.

In the 1990s, IGBC proposed transplanting grizzlies in the 5,800-acre Bitterroot Recovery Area.

In the 1990s, IGBC proposed transplanting grizzlies in the 5,800-acre Bitterroot Recovery Area.

The small grizzly bear populations in Idaho and northwestern Montana are about to get their own conservation strategy if biologists can answer a few perplexing questions first.

JACKSON — In a flurry of legal filings over the fate of grizzlies, both sides have turned to catastrophic weather to make their case.

JACKSON — In a flurry of legal filings over the fate of grizzlies, both sides have turned to catastrophic weather to make their case.