The Cabinet Mountains are home to an estimated 50 grizzlies, protected across the region as a threatened species under federal law. The range also has black bears, typically a less aggressive species.

In the late 1980s, grizzly bears in the Cabinet Mountains were in trouble. The range southwest of Libby, Montana, had only six or so bears left, and wildlife managers were concerned the population ...

The Scotchman Peaks straddle the Montana/Idaho border and are separated from the Cabinet Mountains by Highway 56. "We have a really cool chunk of proposed wilderness right next to us," Sather said.

Hiking the 4-mile trail into Rock Lake from the Noxon, Montana, area weighed heavy on Jim Costello, especially after he met a budding family from Spokane. The couple were packing their toddler ...

KALISPELL (AP) – There's good news and bad news for the remote population of grizzly bears in the Cabinet-Yaak Mountains of Northwest Montana. National forests: Bear-proof requirements excessive.

This June 20, 2014, file photo taken by an automatic trail camera provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows an adult female grizzly bear in the Cabinet Mountains, in northwestern Montana.

KALISPELL — A bear reportedly attacked a woman Thursday morning in a remote section of the Cabinet Mountains south of Libby, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The woman reported the ...

MISSOULA, Mont.— The federal district court in Montana on Tuesday invalidated the federal government’s approval of the first phase of the Rock Creek Mine, a major copper and silver mine proposed ...

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