In the middle of the fast-flowing Chilkoot River, an Alaska state employee sits on a small perch over a narrow, fence-like structure and stares down into the rush of water. Eagles look on from the trees overhead as the river thunders around boulders nearby. The worker’s back is turned to a female grizzly bear creeping […]
Tag: Grizzly Bear
Old Growth Logging Challenged in Bitterroot National Forest
The Gold Butterfly logging and burning project, east of Corvallis, Montana, is in wolverine and grizzly bear habitat and bull trout critical habitat in the Sapphire Mountains on the Bitterroot National Forest. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on September 9th against the Bitterroot National Forest seeking to […]
Hunters shoot at charging grizzly bear and two cubs, killing the mom, MT officials say
Two hunters shot at a charging grizzly bear and her two cubs in Montana, killing the mom, wildlife officials said. The pair was bowhunting in Tepee Creek, north of West Yellowstone, on Sept. 9, the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said in a Sept. 13 news release. West Yellowstone is in southwestern Montana, near the […]
Why do sloth bears attack humans? New study links behaviour to tiger defence mechanisms
Ponder the most dangerous bear in the world, and you might naturally think of the mighty polar bear – king of the Arctic and most carnivorous of ursids – or the big and ornery North American grizzly. But the species that actually mauls the most people on average each year? The smaller, galumphing, and far […]
A Montana man shot a grizzly bear during an attack – it saved his life, but here’s why experts say it’s not your best defense
This July, a 72-year-old man was picking huckleberries in Flathead National Forest by himself when he was attacked by a female grizzly bear. He managed to access his handgun, shooting and killing the bear and surviving the encounter with serious injuries. After a summer that brought several high-profile grizzly bear attacks – a veteran who […]
Man kills grizzly bear that attacked him while he was picking huckleberries in Montana
A 72-year-old man shot and killed a grizzly bear that launched an attack on him while he was picking huckleberries, in what has been described by experts as a “surprise defensive encounter.” The man was alone near Columbia Falls in Flathead National Forest lands about two miles (3.2km) north of Columbia Falls when the adult […]
‘Aggressive’ Bear Tracked by Dogs and Euthanized for Biting Runner in Utah
A bear that attacked a runner in Utah on Wednesday has been euthanized. The man had been trail running in Big Cottonwood Canyon, about 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City when the adult female black bear came out of the bushes and bit his arm. The bear was later tracked by the Utah Division […]
Man punches grizzly in face during bear attack in northern B.C.
A B.C. cyclist is recovering after a run-in with a grizzly and two cubs that ended with the bear getting punched in the face. According to conservation officer Matthew Corbett, a man was riding his bike along a forested trail next to Anderson Flats Provincial Park in northwest B.C. when he surprised a female grizzly […]