A black bear was killed in a management action for the first time since 2020 after eating food storage near Blacktail Deer Creek.

Wildlife officials confirmed the deaths of two bears last week due to human conflicts. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a landowner along Foothill Road east of Kalispell shot and killed a grizzly bear on July 10,

Wildlife managers in Yellowstone National Park last week killed a food-conditioned adult black bear after two incidents at a backcountry campsite.