Walking Bear implicated in deaths of four calves in Ovando

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park bear specialists are in charge of collaring a certain number of bears for research purposes. In 2016, a male grizzly nicknamed Walking Bear was captured and collared northeast of Ovando.

This month that same bear was implicated in the deaths of four calves on summer pasture northeast of Ovando.

Grizzly populations have been increasing in Montana over the years and the effort to delist the bears from the endangered species list has gone in and out of court systems. Delisting would put the management of the species under the state's control instead of the federal...