Travel advisory
For those of you heading to Montana for a summer vacation, the following alert just crossed our desk:
The Montana State Department of Fish & Wildlife is advising golfers to take extra precautions and be on the alert for bears while in the Helena, Gallatin and Lewis & Clark National Forest golf courses.They advise golfers to wear noise-producing devices such as little bells on their clothing to alert, but not to startle the bears unexpectedly.
They also advise you to carry pepper spray in case of an encounter with a bear.
It is also a good idea to watch for signs of bear activity. Golfers should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear droppings on the golf course.
Black bear droppings are smaller and contain berries and possibly squirrel fur. Grizzly bear droppings have little bells in them and smell like pepper spray.
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Comments (2)
as a former Montanan--thanks for that bit! the best laugh i've had all week! i will be forwarding it to my parents in Whitefish--i'm sure they'll appreciate it too.
Posted by tina | June 17, 2004 7:41 AM
An ex-girlfriend attorney used to call me name like this bear's. This shot was on a Nat'l Geographic not too long ago. I love it. I cut it out. Yeah. I cut out a picture in a National Geographic magazine. Sacreligous. I still did it, though, and I'd do it again. I think it was the cover shot, actually.
Lex.
Posted by Lex DeNovo | June 22, 2004 11:45 PM