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Second Grizzly Bear Captured and Moved to Cabinet Mountains-2010 Augmentation Project Completed

“On Sunday, July 25th we released another augmentation grizzly bear in the Cabinet Mountains. This bear was a 4 year-old female that weighed 230 pounds. She was released at the top of Silverbutte Creek near the south end of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. She was captured the previous day near Red Meadow Creek in the [...]


First 2010 Augmentation Grizzly Moved to Cabinets

 
WHITEFISH RANGE GRIZZLY MOVED TO CABINETS TO AUGMENT POPULATION
 
A 249-pound, sub-adult male grizzly bear was relocated on July 20, 2010 to the Hiatt Creek drainage, above Spar Lake in the West Cabinet Mountains south of Troy, Montana.  The 4-year old male grizzly was captured on July 17 near Coal Creek in the Whitefish Range on [...]


Grizzly Bear Project Update – July 6, 2010

June 13, 2010 – After setting up an electric fence around the horse carcass, Tim, Derek and Heather finally began capturing bears.  Today saw the capture of a subadult male.  A second trap’s door was down and we realized that a hatch door on the culvert trap, which usually is clipped closed, had not been secured [...]


Grizzly Bear Project Field Update May 29-June 12, 2010

   May 29, 2010
We caught the adult female grizzly we were hoping to catch  in Martin City in a snare overnight.  We processed her at the property and she weighed in at 252 pounds and was around 12 years of age.  Tim Manley put a collar on her and, once she was awake enough, we transported [...]


2010 Grizzly Bear Project Underway

Derek and Heather Reich arrived in Montana on the evening of May 14, 2010 to begin work on the 2010 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Grizzly Bear Augmentation and Management Project.  The 2010 project is funded by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation through a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and special supplemental [...]


Outfitter Partners in Conservation

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation’s Outfitter Partners in Conservation program provides an opportunity for licensed Montana guides and outfitters to contribute to the Mission and Visions of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation.  Outfitters and guides participate in this program through cash donations or donated hunts, trips, and/or goods and services which [...]


Winter 2010 Newsletter Available On-Line

The  Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation’s Winter 2010 Newsletter is available as a PDF!

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Jack Hanna’s Into The Wild Schedule

Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild takes viewers on excursions around the world through the eyes of America’s most beloved animal adventurer and his family. More than just a collection of animal escapades, Into the Wild provides insight into the protection and conservation of some of our planet’s most precious and endangered species. Into the Wild [...]


Jack Hanna’s “Into the Wild” to feature MFWPF Grizzly Bear Project

by George Bettas
With a great deal of anticipation over much of the past year we worked with Jack Hanna and his staff to arrange for Jack and his film crew to come to Montana and accompany us into the field to see and videotape our grizzly bear work in Northwestern Montana.  Jack and his wife, Suzi, have been wonderful supporters of [...]


Donor Stewardship Program

We believe that the best way for our donors to understand our projects is to come out into the field with us to see what we are doing. Until you observe the capture, immobilization and work up of a grizzly bear in the field, it’s difficult to comprehend the full scope of this project.   Carolyn [...]


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