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Volunteer grizzly bear advocates have produced several new research studies contending that the Bitterroot Mountains along the Montana-Idaho border have strong potential for recovering the threatened species.
Groups want land agencies to preserve grizzly denning habitat
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Posted at 1:02 PM, Jun 09, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-09 15:02:36-04
MISSOULA â In an effort to get federal land agencies to preserve what grizzly bear habitat remains, advocates have released another report documenting all the potential bear denning habitat throughout southwestern Montana and northern Idaho.
On Tuesday, biologist Mike Bader and geospatial analyst Paul Sieracki presented the results of their scientific literature review and computer modeling runs that identify all the potential grizzly bear habitat between the western side of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem and the Cabinet, Selkirk and Bitterroot ranges to the west.