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By Matthew Brown / The Bulletin
December 12, 2012
BILLINGS, Mont. — With bear-human conflicts on the rise, wildlife managers in the Northern Rockies are laying the groundwork for trophy hunts for the animals in anticipation of the government lifting their threatened species status.
It’s expected to be another two years before about 600 bears....