Living and recreating responsibly in bear country
By Karissa Huntsman
Reader Contributor
If you live and recreate in North Idaho, you’re in bear country. As the seasons are changing, bears are emerging from hibernation, and are active …
By Karissa Huntsman
Reader Contributor
If you live and recreate in North Idaho, you’re in bear country. As the seasons are changing, bears are emerging from hibernation, and are active …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A grizzly bear was euthanized over the weekend in Boundary County after killing seven sheep in a matter of just a few days.
IFG said …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Last week, something terrible yet all too possible happened: A woman hiking with two dogs near Priest Lake suffered injuries in a black bear …
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