Jun
03
2012
Land and wildlife managers are keeping an eye on the impact of oil and gas development on the Rock Mountain Front . . . An interagency panel of land and wildlife managers has turned its attention to the impacts on grizzly bears from oil-and-gas exploration and extraction on the Rocky Mountain Front. The Northern Continental [...]
Tags: grizzly bears, oil and gas development, Rocky Mountain Front
Jun
03
2012
Even more evidence that grizzlies are starting to disperse eastward from the Rocky Mountain Front . . . Wildlife officials are warning residents that grizzly bears are on the prairie east of the Rocky Mountain Front and precautions should be taken. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks workers tell the Great Falls Tribune that the agency [...]
Tags: grizzly bears, high plains, Rocky Mountain Front
Mar
08
2012
From today’s Missoulian . . . Montana acreage ranks high on President Barack Obama’s wish list for 2013 landscape conservation initiatives, including possible additions to Glacier National Park, conservation easements in the Blackfoot Valley and the Rocky Mountain Front, and completion of the Montana Legacy Project. “The fact this has risen to this level, with [...]
Tags: Glacier National Park, landscape conservation initiatives, Montana Legacy Project, Rocky Mountain Front
Oct
15
2011
Some pretty interesting news about grizzly bear recovery from today’s Missoulian . . . An increasing grizzly bear population is expanding east from the Rocky Mountain Front in western Montana as individual bears discover that the plains contain abundant food, a grizzly bear expert says. Mike Madel of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said some [...]
Tags: bear recovery, grizzly bears, Rocky Mountain Front