A long-term effort to monitor grizzly bear population trends in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem will continue at Glacier National Park this year.

Bait stations, automated cameras and traps are used to capture and monitor grizzly bears in the park. Bait stations and trap sites are marked with brightly colored warning and closure signs.

Park visitors are asked to respect posted signs and not enter sites where there are grizzly bear traps or bait stations.

Trapping efforts will continue through October at various locations throughout Glacier National Park.

Glacier National Park wildlife biologists attempt to maintain a sample of up to 10 radio-collared female grizzly bears out of an estimated population of 300 grizzly bears living in the park.

The interagency grizzly bear monitoring program began in 2004 and is led by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Participating agencies include the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the Blackfeet Nation.