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Editor|December 22, 2021 7:55 AM

Hungry Horse News

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Bear managers across the state relayed plenty of grizzly bear stories during the Northern Continental Divide Grizzly Bear Ecosystem Subcommittee meeting earlier this month.

Region 2 bear specialist Jamie Jonkel spoke briefly about the fatality this summer of a bicyclist who was camping in Ovando and was killed by a grizzly bear that came into town.

Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was killed when a bear attacked her in her tent.

The bear had awakened the woman and two others who were camping near the post office about 3 a.m. July 5, officials said. The bear then ran away.

The campers removed food from their tents, secured it and went back to sleep.

The approximately 400-pound (181 kilogram) bear was seen by a video camera at a business about a block away from the…