Final review begins to determine status of whitebark pine | Sylvia Fallon's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Final review begins to determine status of whitebark pine Sylvia Fallon's Blog Switchboard, from NRDC

Mats Sundin helps Canadian bear researchers in Sweden - thestar.com

Mats Sundin helps Canadian bear researchers in Sweden - thestar.com: "The voice at the end of the phone line cackles when it’s mentioned that Maple Leafs’ training camp opens Friday."

Killer grizzly's cubs settling into Billings zoo

: "BILLINGS - Three grizzly cubs that were removed from the wild after their mother mauled three campers appear to be warming up to their new home in a Montana zoo."

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Traps set for bear that killed camper

"COOKE CITY — One man was killed in a bear attack around 1 a.m. Wednesday at Soda Butte Campground a mile east of here. Two other campers in separate campsites in the campground also were injured. It is unclear if they were attacked by a black bear or a grizzly of if more than one bear was involved."

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Jack Hanna repels charging grizzly in national park | The Columbus Dispatch

"A close encounter with three grizzly bears on a narrow hiking trail in Montana has made a pepper-spray believer out of Jack Hanna. ....

The nation's favorite zookeeper still sounded shook up yesterday as he told the tale by phone in dramatic, Hanna-like detail."

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