Bears
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Unfortunately she had three cubs- Choteau (show toe). This took place on the plains on the Rocky Mountain Front. Despite the mention of Teton County, it is Teton County, Montana not Teton County, Wyoming or Idaho. This pheasant hunter was from Alaska. Story: Bird hunter kills sow grizzly north of Choteau. Choteau Arcantha. The grizzly…
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No word on the condition of shot hunter in incident near Cooke City, MT- I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more often. The news story so far is sketchy. Here is a little more (newer) information. Man Attacked by bear near Cooke City, MT.
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Camping deep in Yellowstone Park’s backcountry- Although titled after the movie about the young man who perished in Alaska’s Wilderness, this feature is by a man who ventured into the Park’s deep backcountry. For those of us who have done this multiple times, such as myself, this is hardly extraordinary, but for those who haven’t…
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Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s attorney calls Servheen’s statement to the court “absurd”- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking judge Molloy to reverse his decision to put the Yellowstone area grizzly back on the threatened species list. The coordinator of the federal grizzly recovery program, Chris Servheen, controversial long-time coordinator of the Yellowstone grizzly record…
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An Obituary For Bear 615- This is a story about the recent killing of the grizzly in Ditch Creek. For several reasons that posting caused quite a stir on the blog The feature article below is written by Todd Wilkinson who has a new web site I was not aware of — Wildlife Art Journal It…
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State game agency says grizzlies will find something else to eat even though whitebark pine are mostly dead- State: Bears doing well. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. “Game and Fish officials acknowledged that mountain pine beetle activity continues at relatively high levels and many whitebark pine trees have died. But they said bears usually…
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Although this has been discussed in comments on other threads, here is the news story- Charges in grizzly bear death near Ditch Creek. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily. This bear might have been the cub (now a sub-adult) of locally famous grizzly bear 399. Although this story has already been discussed in some comments,…
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The relocation is another in a series of transplants to bolster the weak grizzly population of the Cabinet-Yaak- Bear managers have been releasing about one new grizzly each year into the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear recovery area of extreme NW Montana. This smallish recovery area has no connection to NW Montana’s Northern Continental Divide grizzly area…