Brad Treat’s fatal bike collision with a grizzly illustrates the challenge of recreating in bear country. With both bear populations and human activity on the upswing, conflicts will grow accordingly.

This episode contains a reading by Robert Chaney, author and long-time reporter for the Missoulian, from his book “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears to a Crowded American West.”

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