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The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is now providing their Bear Identification Test online only.

Montana of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is now providing their bear identification test online only.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is now providing their Bear Identification Test online only.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is now providing their Bear Identification Test online only.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted new administrative rules regarding wolves and grizzly bears.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted new administrative rules regarding wolves and grizzly bears.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted new administrative rules regarding wolves and grizzly bears.

A ballot initiative seeking to allow landowners to hunt elk, deer and black bears on their property hit a setback Wednesday when the Environmental Quality Council voted not to support the measure.

Wyoming’s Greater Yellowstone grizzlies and Montana’s Northern Continental Divide grizzlies apparently aren’t co-mingling fast enough, so Montana plans to move some northern bears into the Yellowstone Area.

The Environmental Quality Council’s vote means its opposition to the measure will be noted in signature-gathering forms.