Missoula Bears | Report Sightings

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Bear/Lion Sighting Form

Please fill in all the fields below and press the submit form button at the bottom when finished.
If you have any questions please call Erin Edge at 406.531.6007 or James Jonkel, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks at 542-5500. You can fill out this form anonymously if you prefer.

If you would like to submit a picture coinciding with this form, please send to: eedge@defenders.org and jjonkel@mt.gov.

Date:	/ /
Time:
Name of reporter:
Phone:
Email:
Address/ location of sighting:
Bear/Lion Description:
Numbers of bears/lions present?
Description of bear/lion behavior (ex. fearful, complacent, aggressive):
Did you call or talk to anyone about the sighting? (e.g. Neighbor, FWP, etc.)	Yes No Name of Person(s) contacted:
Comments:

Black bear picture on previous page: Courtesy of Rita Wolfe