UPDATE 9-11-15: Click here for new information about the grizzly and the situation here.

WILDLIFE -- A rare grizzly bear sighting has been confirmed up the Coeur d'Alene River around milepost 9, officials say in a warning especially to hunters. 

• Grizzlies can be attracted by elk calls.
• While black bears are legal game, grizzly bears are federally protected.

Also, property owners can avoid attracting the bear by cleaning up garbage and pet and livestock feed.  The dry summer and lack of berries has forced bears into the lowlands.  They're hungry and looking for food, which means they might find trouble.

Although Idaho Fish and Game officials were not immediately available for comment, the bear apparently is wearing a collar that helped them identify its origin.  Here's the information recently posted on Facebook by Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander:

"A heads up out there, A confirmed grizzly was reported to Fish & Game and had been seen up the main Coeur D'Alene River at about mile post 9 Saturday by a bowhunter. A video which I can not share was taken by a guy at his home on mile post 4.

Fish and Game said this collared bear was from the Cabinet Mountains of Montana. Be careful out there, this is now the third grizzly in our area in the last few years that I have personal knowledge of."