New tool maps a key food source for grizzly bears: huckleberries

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 13:10 in Earth & Climate

Grizzly bears depend on huckleberries as a critical food source to fatten up before winter hibernation. When berries reach peak ripeness in mid-July, they make up about half of the diet for the hundreds of grizzly bears that live in and around Montana's Glacier National Park.

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