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  • A second generation grizzly-polar bear?

    Ralph Maughan

    Polar bear-grizzly hybrids are extremely rare, though one was found (that is, shot) last year. Now a second generation bear might have been discovered (shot by a native hunter). Story in the National Post.

  • A sometimes solution for nuisance bears? Feed them.

    Ralph Maughan

    Biologist thinks it may be the answer if done properly- Please DO Feed the Bears, Biologist Says. By Lia Kvatum. National Geographic News.

  • Hair rub technique appears to yield cheaper, more accurate data on grizzlies

    Ken Cole

    More grizzlies than thought in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem The grizzly bear DNA study that Senator John McCain often ridiculed out of ignorance has shown that there are many more grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem than previously estimated. The technique is effective enough that individual bears can be recognized and the…

  • Grizzly bear to be relocated to Cabinets

    Ken Cole

    A female grizzly without any history of human conflict will be selected for the move. This has been done a few times over the years but the idea of moving grizzly bears into areas that don’t already have them or across state boundaries has been out of the question due to the hysteria that surrounds…

  • Sheep Station Restricts Grazing to Protect Grizzly Bears

    Ken Cole

    The Agricultural Research Services’ US Sheep Experiment Station in Eastern Idaho has decided to stop grazing sheep in its easternmost pastures to protect grizzly bears and has discontinued working on an Environmental Assessment in favor of a more intensive Environmental Impact Statement of its operations. As you can see from the mapping there are conflicts…

  • Scientists say B.C. grizzly hunt could hurt recovery efforts in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Alberta’s griz population has already collapsed, B.C.’s grizzly hunt quota too high- Pitiful Alberta now has fewer grizzly bears now than Montana does, and scientists say that B.C. is going the same direction, most directly affecting Montana in the North Fork of Flathead. Scientists say B.C. grizzly hunt could hurt recovery efforts in Montana. By…

  • Satire: Alberta protesters scream for grizzly blood

    Ralph Maughan

    Shades of Steven Colbert- No more grizzlies ! Protesters scream for grizzly blood. By Darcy Henton and Jamie Hall, edmontonjournal.com in the Vancouver Sun. Related Time running out for Alberta’s dwindling grizzlies. Minister mulls reinstating spring hunt even as gov’t report recommends bears be listed as threatened species. By Darcy Henton, Edmonton Journal

  • Montana Rocky Mountain Front grizzlies are emerging

    Ralph Maughan

    There is a difference though. Now they are waking up and going well out onto the plains- We discussed this a lot last fall, with grizzly bears pushing eastward out of the Rockies well onto the plains of north central Montana.  One almost made it to the Missouri River (shades of Lewis and Clark!). Montana…

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