From the Thursday, May 1, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .

The life of a grizzly bear outside of Glacier National Park or the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex is a decidedly risky proposition.

The number of bears killed inside Glacier by humans since 1999 was just one — and it was an old bear that may have died as a result of a capture for research. In the Bob, where there are few people and no roads, the number was zero.

Inside the Park, folks don’t tote guns and garbage, as well as vehicle traffic, is more closely controlled.

Outside the Park grizzlies run into people with guns and cars and trains and garbage cans full of good eats, and the prospects of survival grow more dim.

In 2007 there were 25 recorded grizzlies killed by humans, grizzly bear recovery coordinator Chris Servheen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said, and that number may actually be as high as 30 — there are five other bears that were found dead, but the cause of their death hasn’t been determined. Servheen released his findings last Thursday during a multi-agency meeting of bear biologists and managers in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.

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