With grizzly bears probing its edges, wildlife managers along the Montana-Idaho border anticipate a lot of controversy heading toward the Bitterroot Ecosystem.
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ROB CHANEY
Rampaging recreation trends, new restrictions from the Legislature and unresolved social direction beset Northern Continental Divide grizzlies this summer.
âThe crush of humanity that showed up last year will be back,â Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1 Supervisor Jim Williams said of the coming summer tourist season.
âA lot of these folks have never lived with an elk before, let alone a bear. And the demand to provide all sorts of crazy opportunities on the forest is just going to grow.â
On Friday, Williams addressed a committee of grizzly managers who oversee the approximately 1,000 bears inhabiting the mountains from Glacier National Park south to Missoula, including the Flathead and Blackfeet Indian reservations. Thatâs one of the most successful of six grizzly recovery ecosystems in the Northwest.
ROB CHANEY
As they come out of their hibernation dens this spring, Montana grizzly bears awaken to a churning political landscape.
Some of that will go on display Thursday and Friday at the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committeeâs Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem subcommittee meeting, held in cyberspace.
As the wildlife managers overseeing roughly 1,000 grizzlies inhabiting the mountains between Glacier National Park and Missoula convene, they will have fresh exhortations from the Montana Legislature and the stateâs congressional delegation to consider.
They must also absorb the executive shifts from Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, in contrast with the federal reverse of President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.