Judge orders new work on Bitterroot grizzly plan

[mtmuley]

Just last year they captured a couple near Florence and Lolo and from what I understand, opened up a new transplant area in a "remote spot in the nearby Sapphire Mountains".

Can you pm me where you found that out? mtmuley

 

[Bill Zent]

In the last twenty years grizzly bears have been spotted in the lower Bitterroots between Lost trail pass and the Leadore to Dillon road.
A neighbor of mine claimed to have seen one on a ridge I hunted the next day. It had snowed two days prior and I crossed the grizzly tracks the day after his spotting it.

 

[atlas]

Can you pm me where you found that out? mtmuley

This might be it. If not it’s pretty interesting.

 

[lifeisgoodsteve]

This might be it. If not it’s pretty interesting.

Yes, that's the video I watched showing how the grizzlies had the biggest struggle crossing I90. In case anyone else is interested, the article showing the new relocation spot in the Sapphires is:

Grizzly bears captured near Lolo and relocated

State wildlife officials have captured and relocated a pair of grizzly bears that had been roaming near homes between Lolo and Florence.

www.kpax.com

Specifically it states:
"in consultation with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), FWP trapped, radio-collared and then relocated the bears to a remote area on the edge of the Welcome Creek Wilderness in the Sapphire Mountains."

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[TheTone]

One was confirmed north of Salmon idaho last year, first in that area since 2020. Was also one near grangeville idaho in 2020, that one was definitely a surprise based on distance it was from known populations

 

[BackofBeyond]

One was confirmed north of Salmon idaho last year, first in that area since 2020. Was also one near grangeville idaho in 2020, that one was definitely a surprise based on distance it was from known populations

Didn't the one they tracked to Kelly Creek have a collar and they ended up tracing it back to up the Yaak area?

 

[mtmuley]

Didn't the one they tracked to Kelly Creek have a collar and they ended up tracing it back to up the Yaak area?

I know of one that died in Kelly Creek years and years ago. mtmuley

 

[TheTone]

Didn't the one they tracked to Kelly Creek have a collar and they ended up tracing it back to up the Yaak area?

Looks like it. I know he spent a decent amount of time in some of the country between the lochsa and Selway probably just doing nothing but eat huckleberries

Selway-Bitterroot Grizzly Returns To Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem

A young male grizzly that made his way into the national Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness near the Montana-Idaho border this year has made the trek back to…

www.mtpr.org

 

[Hess6911]

I was just outside if Darby few weeks ago doing work in the woods, and I saw the largest pile of bear crap I’ve ever seen. I would be hard pressed to believe it was black bear. There was 2 different piles near the same area 2 different days. I’ve never dealt with any other type of bear aside from a black so I wouldn’t have anything to compare it to. But I know it was substantially larger than any black bear piles I’ve seen

 

[atlas]

https://vp-mi.com/news/2021/oct/20/grizzlies-found-bitteroot-river-east-fork-country/ not unlikely