May
12
2009
Another sure sign of spring: A new bear study.
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . .
A new and expansive effort to monitor the Northern Continental Divide’s grizzly bear population will capitalize on a creature comfort for bears: the irresistible urge to scratch their backs on trees.
The research project mainly will be aimed at determining whether [...]
Tags: bear population, bear study, grizzly bears
Sep
17
2008
The estimate is in: There were 765 grizzly bears roaming the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem during the summer of 2004.
Tags: bear population, bear study, DNA study, grizzly bear, Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, USGS
Sep
16
2008
The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana…
Tags: bear population, bear study, DNA study, grizzly bear, Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, USGS