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Tracking Rare Carnivores

Hear from Luke Lamar of Swan Valley Connections, who helps lead a collaborative project to monitor populations of rare forest carnivores like Canada lynx, wolverines, fishers, and more. SVC and

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Celebrating 2022 Outcomes

By Blackfoot Challenge staff Hard to believe it’s already two months into 2023.  We don’t want to let too much of this year roll by without recognizing all of our

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bee pollinating a flower

Pesticides and Pollinators

By Karen Laitala, Vegetation Coordinator Though we live dramatically different lifestyles, my oldest sister who resides in a subdivision in a north Texas city and I, the Montana “country living”

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On Horseback in Bear Country

Interview with Jack Rich of Rich’s Montana Guest Ranch Interview by Seth Wilson The following is excerpted from Carnivore Damage Prevention News, Issue 24. The complete edition is available online

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Bears visiting the classroom

Story and photo by Jean Pocha, Pathfinder staff.  OVANDO – “There’s three kinds of bears in Montana, black, brown and very, very brown,” chimed a young student at the Ovando

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Riding the Fences

Riding the Fences: Listening and learning as a means to safely live with grizzly bears Written by Jessianne Castle of the Grizzly Bear Collective. This is an excerpt from the

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Seeking Communications Intern

Motivated, thoughtful and detail-oriented individuals interested in conservation communications are encouraged to apply. The Blackfoot Challenge is a non-profit, community-based organization that coordinates a variety of collaborative conservation initiatives in

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