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How creation of bear spray intersected with bear management in Yellowstone

WYOMING — Bear and grizzly management has evolved dramatically over the years since wildlife managers began recording conflicts in the early 1900s. Up until the 1980s, bear and human conflicts were typically solved with bullets. In 1984, University of Montana (UM) master’s student Carrie Hunt focused her thesis on a non-lethal way to deter a […]

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