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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man is recovering from a bear attack that occurred while he was hunting northwest of Columbia Falls. KECI-TV reports the attack happened at about 9:25 Sunday morning. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says the victim and a second man were hunting when one of them was attacked...

VALIER, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials tranquilized and relocated a 900-pound grizzly bear that wandered onto the Birch Creek Hutterite Colony south of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Fish, Wildlife and Parks reports colony members had tried to haze the bear away from the residential area between Heart Butte and Valier on Wednesday, but the bruin sought shelter in a garage and wouldn't

A roughly 500-pound grizzly bear attacked a Hayden, Idaho, man, and the man lived to tell about it.

Members of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the Bozeman Police Department spent some time Thursday morning removing a bear from a local home.

A family of four from Washington encountered a bear a half mile up the Divide Trail, southeast of Old Faithful.

Once captured, the bears are anesthetized to allow wildlife biologists to radio-collar and collect scientific samples for study.

Wildlife officials endorsed a plan Thursday to keep northwestern Montana's grizzly population at roughly 1,000 bears as the state seeks to bolster its case that lifting federal protections will not lead to the bruins' demise.