________________________The University of Montana President's Report 1999________________________

Those days are faded memories. White settlement has pushed Montana’s large predators into isolated enclaves such as the Bob Marshall Wilderness and Glacier and Yellowstone national parks.

Grizzlies, for example, roam a mere 2 percent of their historical range below Canada. But several UM researchers are studying the state’s dwindling large predators and their battle to coexist with a growing human population.

Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Servheen uses Global Positioning System satellites and radio collars to track grizzlies and their travel patterns. He also tries to determine whether highways act as high-speed barriers to bear movement. His research may lead to linkages among widely separate grizzly populations.

Capt. Meriwether Lewis, May 11, 1805

________________________The Discovery Continues________________________

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