Oct 29 2011
October, as usual, is a big month for bear-human conflict . . . The busy season for bear management is well under way in Northwest Montana. Over the past two weeks, Fish, Wildlife and Parks bear conflict biologists have captured and relocated eight grizzly bears from the northeast portion of the Flathead Valley, according to [...]
Oct 07 2011
An adult, female, “problem” bear was captured and killed Wednesday near Polebridge. Here are the essentials from the press release . . . Glacier National Park Rangers and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists captured and euthanized a black bear in the Polebridge area on Wednesday, October 5, after numerous incidents in which the bear [...]
Sep 05 2011
From the Flathead Beacon . . . Grizzly Bear Management Specialist Tim Manley has been busy. In the past two weeks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks captured five grizzly bears in the north end of the Flathead Valley. Continue reading . . .
Sep 04 2011
This very interesting, if lengthy, article is not nearly as silly as it sounds. Turns out the rising interest in hobby farming is triggering some pretty serious bear conflicts. Bears like chicken and sweet corn just as much as humans do. There are some great quotes here from a collection of highly irritated wildlife managers. [...]
Sep 01 2011
In this week’s column, Larry talks about the encouraging drop in bear-human conflicts this summer. . . . I’m a little bit surprised that there have been so few grizzly bear problems this summer. On Trail Creek, the huckleberry crop has been less than bountiful in the lower elevations, and this usually translates to more [...]
Aug 30 2011
It sounds like the usual late-season bear attractants are causing some problems in the valley. The Missoulian has a write-up . . . State wildlife officials worked through the weekend to capture a trio of apple-eating grizzly bears visiting homes near Columbia Falls, but as of Monday they had succeeded in penning just two of [...]
Jun 20 2011
The North Fork Bear News is out! If you are on the mailing list, you should have it now or be getting it soon. If you are not on the mailing list, or just don’t want to wait, you can read it online here (in color, no less). This year’s issue has lots of good [...]
Jun 20 2011
From the just-published North Fork Bear News . . . The U.S. Forest Service in cooperation with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Glacier National Park and others is sponsoring a community bear fair on July 9th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Polebridge Mercantile. The event will feature educational talks, booths and displays [...]
May 30 2011
Here’s a timely reminder to be bear-aware from today’s Missoulian . . . There have been a half-dozen encounters between grizzly bears and humans reported in Montana this month alone, a number experts attribute to a growing bear population stuck in the low country because of the deep snowpack. Most of those encounters didn’t turn [...]
May 18 2011
Besides the flood threat, heavy snowpack in the mountains means that bears emerging from hibernation are foraging further down-valley for food. Bear managers have had a busy time of it dealing with nuisance bears. The Daily Inter Lake surveys the situation . . . With too much snow at higher elevations and an abundance of [...]
