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 E-Mail IMAGE: One thing bears and people have in common? Their love of a tasty snack. Here, a black bear wanders in the Ninemile Valley of Montana. view more  Credit: Charlie Durrant MISSOULA - In bear country, its normal to find bruins munching down on temptations left out by humans - from a backyard apple tree to leftovers in the trash bin - but these encounters can cause trouble for humans and bears alike. One method to reduce human-bear conflicts is to secure attractants like gar...

The Challenge of Getting Neighbors to Stop Attracting Bears University of Montana Assistant Professor Alex Metcalf with the Human Dimensions Lab recently began looking at why bears and other wildlife returned again and again to certain neighborhoods for food. I live in the Miller Creek area and one of my neighbors insisted on leaving food out for the deer that have made a home in my yard. I reminded him that it is illegal to feed wild animals that might turn our neighborhood into a game trail, ...

Montana FWP teams up with UM on Grizzly Bear Survey FWP Education and Program Manager Dillon Tabish has details. “Researchers with the University of Montana worked with us at Fish, Wildlife and Parks on a survey that went out across Montana aimed at better understanding Montanans’ perspectives about grizzly bears and grizzly bear management,” said Tabish. “This survey questionnaire was mailed to over 5,000 households, randomly selected across Montana, and we had over 1,700 adults respon...