Archive for the tag 'Rocky Mountain Front'

Jun 03 2012

Grizzly bear panel eying oil activity on east side

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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 [...]

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Jun 03 2012

FWP issues alert for grizzly bears on high plains east of Rocky Mountain Front

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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 [...]

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Mar 08 2012

Obama proposes $29M in Montana land conservation projects

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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 [...]

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Oct 15 2011

Grizzly bears moving east onto Montana’s high plains

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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 [...]

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