Figure 6. Eagles Gather in Glacier Park 



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The importance of forests as habitat has 

 increased as more land is occupied by agri- 

 cultural, urban, and industrial uses. Some 

 wildlife species, like the grizzly (figure 7), 

 were once also found on eastern Montana's 

 plains, but are now limited to the high 

 mountains and meadows of the Rockies. 



All wildlife needs a place to live where it 

 can get the food it needs, where it can avoid 

 its enemies, and where there is enough 

 room for it to move freely. In Montana, the 

 forests make all these things possible for 

 many species of wildlife. 



Figure 7. Grizzlies 



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