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FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, Mont. — If, on a hot, dry day a fire should break out within a certain 300,000-acre patch of northwest Montana, in an expanse of backcountry between the crest of the Whitefish Range and the glacier-carved peaks that hug the Continental Divide, there’s a good chance Leif Haugen will be the first person on Earth to see it. For the better part of an hour, he might be the only person. Haugen has worked for more than half of his 52 years as a fire lookout, scan...

The surprise encounter occurred on Aug. 30 while two anglers were fishing on private land. The bear charged the pair.

A pair of Whitefish men killed a grizzly bear in self-defense last weekend in the Whitefish Range north of Whitefish

The adult bear charged the individuals and both men shot and killed the bear.

Two men were recently walking through a thick section of forest in the Whitefish Range when they surprised the grizzly bears.

Two men from Whitefish, Montana, shot and killed a grizzly bear Saturday in self-defense while scouting in advance of hunting season.

Press release HELENA — This year, Wild Montana will offer a fall Wilderness Walks season for the first time as part of the organization’s effort

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reported that a pair of Whitefish men killed a grizzly bear in self-defense last weekend.

State wildlife officials report that two Whitefish men recently killed a grizzly bear in self-defense in the Whitefish Range north of Whitefish.

A pair of men from Whitefish were scouting for hunting season around the Smokey Range Trailhead off Canyon Creek Road on the Flathead National Forest when they stumbled upon an adult bear and a cub in a thick section of forest, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.