Kerry Gunther, Yellowstone bear management/biology leader, says no evidence for this in Park- The story goes back a long time. Fortunately my spouse never believed it or we wouldn’t have […]
Lone hiker videoing up close to a Denali grizzly is killed by the bear
Amazing this is the first known instance of a griz killing a human in the vast bear-filled national park- A grizzly bear has killed a lone hiker (Richard White, San […]
Slate Magazine runs a big feature on a grizzly bear guilty of homicide
“Justice” was done when the ‘Wapiti Sow” was euthanized (executed?)- An earlier story today remarked that in springtime our thoughts seem to turn to bears as they wake up and […]
Bear attacks elk hunter in area where GB’s 399 and 610 have been foraging (updated)
Elk hunter injuries said “not life threatening”- This story has been developing all afternoon. The National Parks Traveler is the account that has the most details that I have found […]
Yellowstone grizzly sow might have killed 2 people. She is killed
The sow was implicated in the two Park deaths by grizzly this summer- Finally two stories come together — the couple attacked near Wapiti Lake near Canyon and the lone […]
Idaho congressional delegation behaves as expected on grizzly bears
Risch, Crapo, Labrador introduce bill to allow people to defend themselves during grizzly bear attacks — a cynical redundancy! They already can. We knew Idaho’s congressional delegation would try to […]
Illegally shot, wounded grizzly kills hunter on the Idaho-Montana border near British Columbia (updated)
Rare grizzly of the Cabinet-Yaak, wounded, apparently turns on hunter’s partner and kills him- Note that the story below has been superseded. The hunter who ended up dead was shot […]
Gallatin N.F. closes 3 campgrounds to tents near YNP due to bears
Soda Butte, Colter, and Nez Perce closed to soft-sided structures- These campgrounds are just northeast of Yellowstone Park. They are not inside the Park. Last July a grizzly bear killed […]