bears

University of Montana Assistant Professor Alex Metcalf with the Human Dimensions Lab recently began looking at why bears and other wildlife returned again and again to certain neighborhoods for food.

They've got local biologists working on it with hopes to implement their plan this winter.

It has come to my attention that our town is being taken over by bears.

They're out there, near your home.

Hummers and falcons and bears ... oh, my!

FWP captured a pair of young grizzly bears near the north end of Whitefish Lake and removed the animals due to food conditioning, livestock depredation, and property damage.

Bears, mountain lions, and more have been sighted looking for food in urban areas.

The number of bear sightings in the Missoula valley is increasing.

The Lolo Peak fire in 2017 was enormous and some of the impacts can still be felt.

On Thursday morning, there were reports of a bear getting into trashcans on Big Flat Road. According to Fish Wildlife and Parks Bear Manager Jamie Jonkle that bear isn’t the only one he’s been dealing with in Missoula.

Just as sure as the leaves turning colors, bears throughout western Montana are coming down into Missoula neighborhoods to gorge themselves on Missoula's abundant apple crop.

Bella was playing with toys and eventually got in the water, which was when I captured this video.