<font color="#000000"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><b>There are A LOT of those trees partially wrapped in barbed wire along the CDT in northern Montana along the Trail. I wasn't sure what it was all about until Mrs Gorp and I got to Stemple Pass and it was posted what it was for. The trees are also marked with a small blaze.<br>
<br>By the way, Mrs Gorp and I was coming down off Pitamakin Pass in Glacier yesterday and saw a large male grizzly near Old Man Lake. :-)<br></b></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Jim Wolf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mail@cdtsociety.org">mail@cdtsociety.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Government agencies are studying bear populations and distribution<br>
between Glacier and Yellowstone. One technique being used is to attract<br>
bears to dead trees that have been surrounded by a few strands of barbed<br>
wire. When a bear elects to rub its back against the tree, it will leave<br>
hairs that can be analyzed to determine its unique DNA profile. The area<br>
of active research extends well south of Lincoln -- at least as far as<br>
Bison Mountain.<br>
<br>
For pictures of bear rubs, go to<br>
<a href="http://nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/KendallRemoteCamera.htm" target="_blank">http://nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/KendallRemoteCamera.htm</a><br>
<br>
Apparently some of the research trees can be found along the CDT. Watch<br>
for them -- and if you have any coordinates, please pass them along.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Jim Wolf<br>
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