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Bears |
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The Swan Valley is home to a resident grizzly bear population. Northwest Connections believes that local stewardship is key to the long term survival of the bear in this ecosystem. To that end, we hire and involve local residents in bear monitoring projects, we help identify, protect and restore critical habitats, and we lead collaborative efforts to reduce grizzly bear-human conflicts. During 2009, Northwest Connections is involved in four different projects to further the stewardship of this magnificent species in our corner of the world. |
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| Bear DNA The U.S. Geological Survey is leading a new project to track increases and decreases to the grizzly bear population across the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem which includes Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, the Rocky Mountain Front, Blackfoot Valley, Swan Valley, Mission Valley and Whitefish Range. This work is based on methods similar to those used in the 2004 project that resulted in an estimate of the grizzly bear population. |
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Bear Resources is local team effort to make sure that bears who routinely use high quality valley bottom habitats come into as little conflict as possible with their human neighbors. |
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Montana Legacy Project |
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![]() Wildlife in the West Beginning spring, 2010, university students from around the country will be able to come and take a 9 credit field course through Northwest Connections called "Wildlife in the West." This unique program will get students involved in hands-on efforts to monitor and manage threatened and endangered species like the grizzly in a rural community. |
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