Sep
28
2011
From the Flathead Beacon . . . Researchers are planning to collect grizzly bear fur samples snagged on barbed wire as part of a three-year study in northern Idaho and northwestern Montana. The study, which begins next summer, should give a more precise estimate of the number of grizzlies in the 2.4-million acre Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem, [...]
Tags: bear population, DNA 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
