Lewis & Clark Amongst the Grizzlies
- Location: 4201 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT, USA (View on Google Maps) Start Date: March 14, 2025
- Start Time: 7:00 pm
Grizzlies of Montana: Then and Now is a new program taking place at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana, on March 13, 2025. The program includes free admission, with doors open at 6:30 pm, and the program starting at 7 pm.
Center Director Duane Buchi will open with highlights of the initial experiences of the Corps of Discovery with the grizzly bears that inhabited the upper stretches of the Missouri more than 200 years ago.
Chad White of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks will relate the main event with detailed insight into the Grizzlies of Montana today, including management practices and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks goals for mitigating human-bear conflicts.
White serves as a Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks bear management specialist in Region 4. Chad’s role is the boots-on-the-ground interface with Montana landowners and the public at large in navigating a successful balance between bear management while protecting landowners’ livelihood and the recreating public.
His interaction with and management of conflicts between the public and Montana’s bears began in earnest in 2018. He derives the greatest satisfaction in his role through face-to-face handshakes with landowners and random expressions of gratitude from the public at large as he brings awareness to Montana’s current bear situation and strives to mitigate human-bear conflicts.
Duane Buchi serves as the Director of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls. He was born and raised in Montana, where from an early age, he nurtured an affinity for the state’s varied history, cultural heritage, and natural resources. He has served in a variety of roles over the past ten years at the Center, including ranger, education coordinator, and now the Director.
The program is a part of the Ida Johnson Lecture Series, and is sponsored by the Portage Route Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance.
More: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/hlcnf/recarea/?recid=61458
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