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• Montana loses in FCS semifinals

  December 16, 2011 in Sports Tim Flanders rushed for 287 yards on 26 carries and Sam Houston State advanced to its first national championship game with a 31-28 win over Montana in the Football Championship …

• Montana’s Selvig becomes third women’s basketball coach with 1,000 games at same school

  December 9, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 MISSOULA – Montana women’s basketball coach Robin Selvig coached his 1,000th Lady Griz game Thursday night. Selvig joins Tennessee coach Pat Summit and Georgia coach Andy Landers as the only …

• Forest road plan aims at bear safety

  November 29, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A5 Keeping people away from grizzly bears is the goal of forest plan amendments for the Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai and Lolo national forests, which will restrict motor vehicle travel into prime …

• Rock Creek decision upheld

  November 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Building a mine beneath Montana’s Cabinet Mountain Wilderness won’t imperil the region’s threatened grizzly bears, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The San Francisco-based court said that the …

• Bolster, Tonk looking for new normal

  October 23, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 A few weeks ago, she was just a wrangler who led dudes on trail rides near Glacier National Park. This week, Erin Bolster is trying to deal with a thousand …

• Heroes in grizzly chase featured on Letterman show

  October 12, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page A1 Fans of heroes, horses, wranglers and grizzly bears got it all in one package Tuesday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Trail riding guide Erin Bolster and her … 4

• Fatal grizzly attacks trigger policy review

  September 24, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Yellowstone National Park officials say they’ll review park policies following two fatal grizzly attacks this summer. One incident involved a solo hiker, John Wallace, 59, of Michigan, who died Aug. …

• Hunter killed by gunshot wound, not by grizzly bear attack

  September 23, 2011 in News, Outdoors A hunter who died during a grizzly bear attack was died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, the Montana State Crime Lab medical examiner announced today. 43

• Gutsy wrangler, huge horse save boy from charging grizzly

  September 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 Grizzlies are high profile this year. A lingering winter and late berry crop kept bears in proximity to humans longer than normal, perhaps contributing to a stream of headlines about … 40

• Hunters mistook grizzly for black bear

  September 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 Two hunters who had a deadly encounter with a young male grizzly bear Friday were certain it was a black bear when they shot it, said a third member of … 19

• Landers: Grizzly shooting case must hinge on facts

  August 24, 2011 in Sports A North Idaho man deserves our respect for calling wildlife authorities after he shot a grizzly bear in his yard on May. 8. 33

• Whitebark pines’ decline ‘rapid’

  July 19, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A5 Ravaged by an introduced pest and facing threats from climate change, stands of whitebark pines are disappearing rapidly from the West’s high-elevation forests. The gnarly looking pines, whose fat-laden seeds …

• Grizzly bear attacks on rise

  May 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 HELENA – There have been a half-dozen encounters between grizzly bears and humans reported in Montana this month alone, a number experts attribute to a growing bear population stuck in … 2

• Vandals lose squeaker to Grizzlies

  December 18, 2010 in Sports MOSCOW, Idaho – Idaho coach Don Verlin left Montana three weeks ago after a 42-point drubbing from the Grizzlies and made a simple, candid declaration. The Vandals didn’t compete, he …

• Injury ends career of Montana’s QB

  September 28, 2010 in Sports Montana quarterback Andrew Selle suffered a career-ending injury in the Grizzlies’ 28-25 win over Sacramento State, coach Robin Pflugrad said. 2

• Bow hunter injured in attack by grizzly in Montana

  September 15, 2010 in Region on Page A7 Wildlife officials say a grizzly bear attacked a bow hunter in the southern Gravelly Mountains near Ennis over the weekend.

• Man mauled after smoking pot can get workers comp

  June 4, 2010 in Region A worker who was mauled feeding the bears at a tourist attraction near Glacier National Park is eligible for workers’ compensation even though he smoked marijuana that morning, a judge … 15

• Federal judge rules grizzlies still threatened

  September 21, 2009 in Outdoors, City, Region BILLINGS — Facing the combined pressures of habitat loss, hunters and climate change, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list … 1

• Reluctant rangers shoot, kill grizzly

  August 19, 2009 in Outdoors, Nation/World on Page A4 WEST GLACIER, Mont. – A disturbingly friendly grizzly bear that had boldly wandered through campgrounds and sniffed food and around the edges of tents has been killed after Glacier National … 1

• Glacier park officials to kill aggressive grizzly

  August 14, 2009 in Region KALISPELL, Mont. — Glacier National Park’s bear management team has decided to kill a 17-year-old female grizzly bear that has become overly familiar with people and relocate her yearling cubs … 5

• Grant County men charged with killing grizzly

  August 7, 2009 in Outdoors, Region Two Grant County men have been charged in federal court in Spokane with killing a grizzly bear.

• Grizzly bites, tosses man hunting bears with dogs

  June 30, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 An eastern Idaho bear hunter was bitten by a grizzly Sunday when his hounds surrounded a female with cubs. The bear knocked over Keith Klingler, bit him on the arm …

• Man attacked by grizzly bear says survival instincts kicked in

  June 11, 2009 in City on Page A7 KALISPELL, Mont. – It happened in a flash, and Thomas Nerison did not have the bear spray he almost always carries on his runs in Glacier National Park. The 60-year-old …

• Elk farmer shoots grizzly in N. Idaho

  June 11, 2009 in City on Page A7 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is investigating the shooting of a grizzly bear near Rose Lake, Idaho. The 300-pound male grizzly was shot dead late Sunday by the operator …

• Nuisance grizzly bear relocated

  May 22, 2009 in Idaho on Page A11 A Dumpster-diving grizzly was trapped near Elmira, Idaho, and released into the wilder reaches of the upper Priest Lake area. Wildlife agents caught the 175-pound female in a baited trap …

• Nuisance bear captured

  May 21, 2009 A Dumpster-diving grizzly was trapped near Elmira, Idaho, and released into the wilder reaches of the upper Priest Lake area. Wildlife agents caught the 175-pound female in a baited trap … 1

• Grizzly bear group to study mortalities

  April 10, 2009 in City on Page A8 BOZEMAN – A significant rise in the number of grizzly bear deaths last year will be a principal topic when bear managers from around the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem gather next …