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  • Grizzly bear that ate hens euthanized

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzly that wandered the Montana plains commits a final unpardonable sin- Yes, and a year ago it ate some sheep. Two chickens this year were two too many. It makes me sad because it reminds me that no matter what we fantasize, the bears and us are stuck in a depressed, overpopulated, bureaucratized world with…

  • Upper Green River grizzly bear closure lifts on July 16

    Ralph Maughan

    Park lifts camping ban forced by bear activity. Casper Star Tribune. Related. Grizzly bites Casper man near Union Pass. Jackson Hole Daily. This isn’t all that far from the upper Green – – – – – – Posted earlier on July 10. Grizzly bears prompt camping closure in popular Upper Green River area

  • 'Loma Bear' returns, caught near Carter Carter area

    Ken Cole

    Rare grizzly living on the Montana plains likely to be killed A grizzly bear that was relocated from near Loma, Montana to west of the Continental Divide last year has been recaptured on the plains of Montana after being accused of killing more sheep and some chickens. Authorities have approached the Bear Center at Washington…

  • Grizzly bears prompt camping closure in popular Upper Green River area

    Ralph Maughan

    Varied and numerous grizzly activity closes national forest camping from forest boundary to well past Green River Lakes- I remember when the nearest grizzlies were 20 miles to the north of here.  I am glad to see grizzlies have returned in strength to the Wind River Mountains.  I hope they get these problems worked out…

  • Judge Molloy blocks 3 timber sales in grizzly country

    Ralph Maughan

    Issues restraining order on sales in the Cabinet-Yaak where 45 bears live- Good news for this struggling, but now finally increasing, grizzly population up against the Montana-Idaho-B.C. border. Story in the Missoulian. By Rob Chaney.

  • Investigation Launched Into Grizzly Bear Mauling of Botanist Outside Yellowstone National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    This story gives more info on the dead botanist Erwin Frank Evert- Story from National Parks Traveler. By Kurt Repanshek Evert recently wrote Vascular Plants of the Greater Yellowstone Area. He knew the Yellowstone country well. His death certainly is a loss.

  • NW Montana black bear bites through tent, into sleeping man's ear near St. Regis

    Ralph Maughan

    Injured man had a clean camp, but previous campers nearby clearly had not- I think most of us keep a clean camp, but I worry precisely about this.  What went on at a camping spot in the past? Of course, if there is obvious past food and trash it’s best not to camp there. Story…

  • NW Montana grizzlies are again way out on the Plains

    Ralph Maughan

    Last year one grizzly almost made it to the Missouri River- FWP to trap grizzlies on prairie. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer – – – – – Update: Plains grizzlies not seen since June 8. Great Falls Tribune. High water on the Missouri River expected to deter them from swimming it.

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