Bears
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This is from the Casper Star Tribune. I made a update on it last night, but it was way down to a past post on the matter, so I decided to move it to the top. Probe Clears Elk Rancher. AP. Casper Star Tribune. Perhaps Ferguson, who owns the ranch, was obeying Idaho’s law, but…
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Usually the news is another bear killed in conflict with people, but today news of a bear/bear conflict mortality . . . Grizzly killed in bear fight. By Gazette News Services
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Rocky Barker’s blog: Another elk rancher angers neighbors in eastern Idaho. Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman Update Oct 5. Elk Ranch Owner Cleared Of Wrongdoing. Local News 8. KPVI.
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Given the recent query in comments about feeding the hungry bears, Randy Hampton from the Colorado Division of Wildlife sent me this. – – – Why Feeding Stations for Bears Won’t Work By Perry Will and Randy Hampton Recent media reports have highlighted the challenges facing black bears this year. A late frost that eliminated…
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Bear Cub Wanders Into Driggs [Idaho] Airport. KIFI Local News 8. Black bear family stops traffic on Greenough Drive in Missoula. By Chelsi Moy. The Missoulian. Bear managers capture 10 grizzlies in northwest Montana. Daily InterLake (Kalispell, MT)
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Drought, lack of food, forcing central Idaho bears out of woods. By Todd Adams. Challis Messenger. Another story about this years “wayward” bears. This time it is not from a larger newspaper, but the Challis Messenger in Challis, pop. 1000. Photo of the cub in the story above.
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Boise Black bear rehabilitation facility expects busy year. Idaho Statesman. AP Sally Maughan has been doing a great job for a number of years running this facility. Link to Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation.
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Wardens save bears from fire. AP in the Billings Gazette Related story (due to the comments that have been). Black bear comes to Bozeman. In fact, the Bozeman paper has about 2 or 3 black bear in town stories every year.