830-pound grizzly featured in new Lincoln, Montana display

By TOM KUGLIN
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One of western Montana’s most famous grizzly bears now has its own interpretive display for the many visitors who stop by the Forest Service’s Lincoln Ranger District office http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/helena/about-forest/offices/?cid=stelprdb5337673 .

In 2007, a driver hit and killed the 830-pound, 12-year-old male bear on U.S. Highway 200 outside of Lincoln. The bear quickly gained notoriety for its exceptional size, likely from its propensity to scavenge food amongst dwellings, and the clamoring of entities that wanted the animal after it had been stuffed. Officials finally determined the Lincoln bear’s final home would be the Forest Service office, where it came to reside in 2008.

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