Forest Service lifts Bear Creek closure in Madison Range BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST Forest Service officials on Oct. 19 lifted closures of the Bear Creek area leading...
By Ciara Wolfe BSCO Executive Director The South Fork Loop, a 1-mile dirt surfaced trail named after the South Fork of the West Fork of the...
By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist Some 30 years ago, biologist-turned-college -professor Charles Jonkel, Vietnam veteran Bill Pounds, and a young researcher named Carrie Hunt never thought...
By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist Ponder this: men up north get attacked by bears more than four times as often as women do. For humans,...
‘A Bear Doesn’t Care,’ but Yellowstone knows you do NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Yellowstone National Park wants to increase the number of people carrying bear spray, and...
Here’s how easy it is to use By Chuck Bartlebaugh EBS Contributor When used correctly, bear spray has worked 98 percent of the time, even against...
By Emily O’Connor EBS Contributor Before I discovered Scat Belt, my bear spray was buried deep in my backpack along with sunscreen, water bottles, and snacks....
Ever get tired of your bear spray dangling off a carabiner on your pack’s waistbelt, or worse, losing it out of the neoprene carrying sleeve? The...
Explorebigsky.com Staff Writer HELENA – This year, five grizzly attacks have been reported in Yellowstone country. None of the attacks were life threatening, but seven people...
Yellowstone National Park, working with several public and private partner organizations, last week unveiled a unique new recycling technology at REI’s Bozeman, Montana, store that allows...