“He was a very imposing bear,” Shanley said.
The bear also survived a collision with a vehicle along Teton Road near Choteau in 1996, where it started out its life. It also apparently survived being shot.
December 12, 2007
Montana: Grizzly’s resting place sparks tug-of-war
Colorado: Forest users dispute access
Toman, who lives in the picturesque Bear Creek Valley northeast of Dolores, is fighting hard to get motorcycles off the Bear Creek Trail because of noise, safety and environmental concerns.
Climate change drying up the Rockies
This is cheery.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - By 2040, climate change will have melted the glaciers of Glacier National Park in Montana and the spring snowpack in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, scientists said on Tuesday.
Utah: Off-road riders raising funds to fight wilderness study areas
Back on May 28, 2006, a federal ranger cited Dan M. Jessop for leading a group of nine OHVs on a road closed by the Bureau of Land Management in a wilderness study area.
Jessop refuses to pay the fine.
Unhealthy Forests Initiative
In yet another rebuke of the Bush administration’s poor environmental stewardship, a federal court has ruled the U.S. Forest Service broke the law by allowing more than 1.2 million acres of national forest to be logged or burned annually without analyzing the ecological impacts.
Wyoming: Bridger-Teton budget stretched
Bridger-Teton National Forest officials will follow national Forest Service budget trends for fiscal year 2008, spending more on wildfires and timber, and less on trails and facilities with a declining budget