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Study: Climate threat to park
By Sven Berg
Post Register
sberg@postregister.com

A study released Tuesday on the fate of Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding area doesn't mince words.
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Bear attacks bow hunter in Island Park
Rachael Horne TVN Staff | Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:00 am

A 40-year-old archery elk hunter from Island Park was injured Saturday while he was hunting a half mile east from an area known as Last Chance in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Rich Paini was life flighted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, and is back home and recovering well. He lost a finger in the attack and needed reconstructive surgery on his right arm.
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Grizzlies Test Products To Keep Out The Average Bear
by Tristan Ahtone
August 25, 2011 from WPRN

Last summer marked an all-time high for human-bear conflicts in Yellowstone National Park. The number of grizzly bears there has tripled since they were placed on the endangered species list in the mid-1970s.

But in a strange twist, many of the bears that were involved in conflicts with humans are now helping people to not lure bears into temptation. 
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Bear Resistant Container Testing (Video on YouTube)

Bear Spray Recycling

Collection sites are located within YNP, the surrounding National Forests, airports (thus far the Gallatin airport), and local retailers in the Greater Yellowstone Area.  Click on the link to find a Collection Site in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

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Bears butting in on Yellowstone wolf kills
Battle of carnivores ultimately has little effect on population.
By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Date: April 27, 2011

Wolves and bears in Yellowstone National Park squabble over elk carcasses, but the two species have little impact on each other’s overall population, a park biologist said last week.
 

Biologist recognized for grizzly recovery in greater Yellowstone
CODY, Wyo. — Andy Pils keeps a small office at the Wapiti district ranger station, although he doesn't spend much.
By MARTIN KIDSTON Gazette Wyoming Bureau‌ The Billings Gazette | Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:00 am
 

Grizzlies are hunting in Island Park Neighborhoods By ELIZABETH LADEN April 30, 2009 SLAND PARK — A grizzly bear killed a yearling moose smack in the middle of a subdivision here Thursday night (April 30)  or Friday morning. (Click here to read online)  (Printable PDF)

Bears are calling on Island Park Monday September 10, 2007 Reporter:  CLARK CORBIN

Grizzly Bear Family Captured in Island Park Aug 20, 2007 09:35 AM Reporter: Nisha Gutierrez