Garbage and Livestock Continue to Get Bears in Trouble

SEELEY LAKE – The Grizzly Bear north of Seeley Lake continues to find trash and trouble in the past week reported Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bear Biologist Jamie Jonkel. There was also another unrelated incident where a pig was killed by a grizzly bear in the lower Clearwater drainage. Residents are asked to be diligent and secure all attractants, for their safety and to avoid training the bears.

The collared grizzly bear continues to hang around north of town around Boy Scout Road. Jonkel said he is three to four years old. It was caught as a non-target bear in a trap on the Flathead In...