configurations. In cooperation with FWP-R2 wildlife management specialist, established a phone tree list 

 in the Blackfoot Valley to alert residences of bears in the area. LWWL is also trying to implement the 

 same in the Bitterroot and Ninemile areas. (Path Sowka) 



North Fork Bear Group 



Comprised of community members. Produce a newsletter each spring concerning bears and bear activity. 

 FWP- Region 1 wildlife management specialist provides information on the local bear population. 

 Newsletters are delivered via mail. (T.Manley) 



North Fork Interlocal 



North Fork Interlocal has been in existence since the late 1980's. Comprised of agencies and community 

 members. The group meets twice a year to disseminate information and discuss bear issues in the North 

 Fork of the Flathead. (T.Manley) 



Northwest Connections (NO 



NC provides citizen monitoring of grizzly bears, track surveys, and assessing bear-human conflicts in 

 cooperation with FWP-Rl wildlife management specialist. Through backcountry rangering, NC also 

 provides outreach and monitoring of proper food storage. NC has been instrumental in the Plum Creek 

 Timber Company land swap corridor/linkage zone project. (Melanie Parker) 



Partners for Wildlife 



Land stewardship program. Landscape conservation efforts on yearlong grizzly bear habitat on private 

 land. Partners with TNC, MT Land Alliance, FWS, and FWP. Forty thousand acres in preservation and 

 conservation easements. (Gary Sullivan) 



Swan Ecosystem Center (SEC) 



Out of Condon, MT, SEC has provided money through grants to buy 14 bear-resistant dumpsters in the 

 Swan Valley. These dumpsters have been put in place at restaurants, lodges, and schools in Condon and 

 the surrounding area. SEC has a cost-share arrangement with the Forest Service whereby the SEC staffs 

 the Forest Service office in Condon, MT and provides hand-outs on bear information to visitors. SEC 

 works cooperahvely with other organizations (LWWL, FWP, FS, NC) to provide the "Bear Newsletter", 

 with the first publication expected in 2005. SEC has also been a key player in the Plum Creek Timber 

 Company land swap. Assisting with purchase and placement of bear-resistant containers at private 

 residences in the Condon area. (Ann Dahl) 



The Nature Conservancy (TNC) 



On TNC's Pine Butte Preserve, on the Rocky Mountain Eastern Front, a travel plan is in effect that 

 governs human movement on the preserve relative to seasonal activities and habitat of grizzly bears. This 

 travel plan also accomodates FWP's carcass redistribution program. 



Wind River Bear Institute (WRBl) 



This group has worked extensively in Montana. They provide a variety of approaches that seek to 

 educate the public on ways to live with grizzlies and also have an active program to prevent conflicts 

 using Karilian bear dogs and other aversive conditioning techniques. (Carrie Hunt) 



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