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Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the final Statewide Grizzly Bear Management Plan on Sept. 30, 2024. The release of the plan wraps up an extensive public process analyzing how the state intends to manage the iconic species while it’s federally protected and after it is turned over to state ...
- Grizzly Bear Tracking | Montana FWP
Grizzly bears exist in low densities outside of their...
- Grizzly Bear - Montana Field Guide
In Montana, Grizzly Bears breed in late April through late...
- Grizzly Bear Tracking | Montana FWP
Grizzly bears exist in low densities outside of their established range, but there is a chance of encountering a grizzly bear anywhere in western Montana. Predicted (modeled) male grizzly bear dispersal routes (Peck et al., 2017) with purple areas representing the most likely/shortest routes for a male grizzly bear to successfully travel from one ecosystem to the other.
- All About Grizzlies
- History of Recovery
- All About Black Bears
Montana grizzly bears are native, iconic omnivores that have high value to people and cultures across the state and around the world. Grizzly bears play important roles in ecosystems. At the same time, they can and do injure or kill people and livestock and cause property damage and economic loss, which may disproportionately affect certain individ...
Today, Montana has the largest remaining grizzly bear population in the United States, with the exception of Alaska. Grizzly bears historically occupied most of Montana, as described in the journals of Lewis and Clark. Between 1800 and 1975 with westward expansion and European settlement, grizzly populations in the lower 48 states receded from esti...
Black bears are native omnivores that range across much of Montana. Many of the same characteristics and habits of grizzly bears listed above apply to black bears. Montana offers world renowned, fair-chase black bear hunting, and black bears are a highly treasured big game animal in Montana. 1. Hunting Guide: Black Bear From the high density bear p...
In Montana, Grizzly Bears breed in late April through late June or early July (Aune et al. 1984). Implantation of the fertilized egg is delayed until late autumn when the embryo implants into the uterus. Around two months after implantation, 1 to 4 (average 2.8 in Montana) young are born in the winter den.
Apr 2, 2021 · Grizzlies In The Lower 48 Listed As Threatened Under ESA - July 28, 1975. The grizzly's range has dwindled to about 2 percent of historic habitat in the Lower 48. In response, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes a rule listing grizzlies in the Continental U.S. as “Threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.
Apr 26, 2024 · With decades of conservation efforts, however, grizzly numbers have rebounded to 1,100 within the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE), a recovery zone of north-central Montana.
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Sep 23, 2024 · Grizzly bears in Montana are currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). However, Montana has petitioned to remove ESA protections from bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) and has supported Wyoming in petitioning to remove ESA protections from bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE).
