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UM Study: Montanans Love Grizzly Bears…From a Distance

MISSOULA – For an animal whose population barely tops 2,000, Montana’s grizzly bears hold an outsized presence in the psyche and politics of the Treasure

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UM Study: Montanans Love Grizzly Bears…From a Distance

MISSOULA – For an animal whose population barely tops 2,000, Montana’s grizzly bears hold an outsized presence in the psyche and politics of the Treasure

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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.

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UM research suggests social factors important for human-wildlife coexistence

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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.
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MISSOULA - In bear country, it's 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 garbage and livestock feed.
While effective when implemented, this approach requires people to change their behavior, and that makes things a little more complicated.

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The Challenge of Getting Neighbors to Stop Attracting Bears

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, and his reaction was ‘what, really?’
Metcalf has been studying the communication, or lack thereof, between neighbors on the subject.

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Montana FWP teams up with UM on Grizzly Bear Survey

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 respond between November 2019 to January 2020.”
Tabish said the positive thoughts about grizzly bears mostly depended on how close the bears were to respondents of the survey.
“Overall, the survey results really demonstrate the complex nature of grizzly bears and humans trying to coexist on the landscape here in Montana,” he said. “The survey results did show a positive attitude toward grizzly bears and support for the presence of grizzly bears within the state, however, that acceptance and tolerance to grizzly bears starts to dwindle a little bit when you get closer to residential areas and agricultural areas.”

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