Oct 05 2012
Montana FWP captured a nuisance grizzly bear near Meadow Lake Golf Course and relocated it to the upper Whale Creek drainage last Wednesday . . . State wildlife officials caught a 4-year old male grizzly bear earlier this week near the Meadow Lake Golf Course near Columbia Falls. Grizzly Bear Management Specialist Tim Manley said [...]
Sep 06 2012
Another case of “a fed bear is a dead bear”: The grizzly bear that was relocated to the Coal Creek area in July and soon became a nuisance near Whitefish, has been put down by Montana FWP… Wildlife officials euthanized a male grizzly bear that was rummaging through food sources near residences outside of Whitefish, [...]
Jul 28 2012
That grizzly bear relocated into the North Fork from Lincoln a few days ago has already made its way over the Whitefish Divide and into trouble . . . A grizzly bear that recently was moved from the Lincoln area to the North Fork Flathead drainage has showed up for trouble again, this time in [...]
Jul 26 2012
Another nuisance griz got the boot from more settled areas and introduced to the North Fork . . . Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists and field assistants captured a grizzly bear last week that had become too comfortable grazing near homes in the Lincoln area. Crews relocated the bear to the North Fork of [...]
Jun 26 2012
A grizzly bear and her cub that have been involved in a string of sheep killings near Great Falls are being relocated to the Whitefish Range . . . State and federal wildlife officials have decided to relocate a female grizzly bear that was responsible for the recent deaths of 70 sheep on three ranches [...]
Jun 16 2012
The North Fork has a new grizzly, shipped in from east of the divide . . . A 390-pound grizzly bear captured west of Great Falls near Simms on Wednesday night has been collared, tagged and relocated to the north fork of the Flathead River, near the Canadian border. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear [...]
Apr 30 2012
From the Flathead Beacon . . . Wildlife officials captured a young male grizzly bear Friday in a residential area north of Columbia Falls, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The 4-year-old bear was caught in a trap set for a much larger grizzly that was getting into garbage in the area. The young [...]
Nov 24 2011
An interesting article from today’s Flathead Beacon . . . A rash of grizzly bear incidents in Northwest Montana has led to one of the busiest years ever involving captures and relocations, according to Fish, Wildlife and Parks. FWP has made 43 grizzly bear captures in Region 1 because of problem incidents this year, one [...]
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 [...]
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 . . .
