Data are preliminary and subject to change. Release of information will be limited for mortalities under investigation.

Count	Unique	Sex	Age class	Known Mortality Date	Location	Demographic Monitoring Area	Loss
56	201756	Unk	Cub	8/26/2017	Goose Crk, CGNF-MT	Inside	Probable, natural, cub of radio-collared female lost between 8/12 and 9/11. Mortality date and location are approximate.
55	201755	Unk	Cub	5/28/2017	Buffalo Fork, BTNF-WY	Inside	Probable, natural, cub of radio-collared female lost between 5/8 and 6/19. Mortality date and location are approximate.
54	201754	Unk	Cub	5/16/2017	Butte Crk, BLM-MT	Inside	Probable, natural, cub of radio-collared female lost between 5/10 and 5/23. Mortality date and location are approximate.
53	201753	Unk	Cub	4/30/2017	Lion Crk, CGNF-MT	Inside	Probable, natural, cub of radio-collared female lost between 4/22 and 5/10. Mortality date and location are approximate.
52	201752			2017	WY	Outside	Known, under investigation.
51	201751	M	Adult	11/2/2017	Carter Crk, PR-WY	Outside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for property damage and obtaining food rewards.
50	201750			2017	WY	Inside	Probable, under investigation.
49	201749			2017	WY	Inside	Probable, under investigation.
48	201748			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
47	201747			2017	WY	Inside	Probable, under investigation.
46	201746			2017	WY	Inside	Probable, under investigation.
45	201745			2017	WY	Inside	Probable, under investigation.
44	201744			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
43	201743			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
42	201742			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
41	201741	Unk	Cub	10/22/2017	Duck Crk, PR-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused, 3rd of 3 cubs of female killed in self-defense at residence.
40	201740	Unk	Cub	10/22/2017	Duck Crk, PR-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused, 2nd of 3 cubs of female killed in self-defense at residence.
39	201739	Unk	Cub	10/22/2017	Duck Crk, PR-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused,1st of 3 cubs of female killed in self-defense at residence.
38	201738	F	Adult	10/22/2017	Duck Crk, PR-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, self-defense kill of female with 3 cubs at residence
37	201737			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
36	201736			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
35	201735	M	Adult	10/14/2017	Grayling Crk, PR-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for breaking into multiple buildings and obtaining food rewards.
34	201734			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
33	201733			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
32	201732	M	Subadult	10/62017	Bearver Crk, CGNF-MT	Inside	Known,human-caused, hunting related, self-defense
31	201731	Unk	Cub	9/25/2017	Hebgen Ridge, CGNF-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused, 3rd of 3 cubs of female killed in hunting related self-defense.
30	201730	Unk	Cub	9/25/2017	Hebgen Ridge, CGNF-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused, 2nd of 3 cubs of female killed in hunting related self-defense.
29	201729	Unk	Cub	9/25/2017	Hebgen Ridge, CGNF-MT	Inside	Probable, human-caused, 1st of 3 cubs of female killed in hunting related self-defense.
28	201728	F	Adult	9/25/2017	Hebgen Ridge, CGNF-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, hunting related, self-defense kill of female with 3 cubs.
27	201727	M	Adult	9/24/2017	Green River, BTNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for cattle depredations.
26	201726	M	Subadult	9/12/2017	Mosquito Lake, BTNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for repeated cattle depredations.
25	201725			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
24	201724	Unk	Adult	2014 or earlier	Papoose Crk, SNF-WY	Inside	Known, undetermined cause, old skull found, likely died prior to 2015.
23	201723	F	Subadult	9/92017	Greybull River, PR-WY	Outside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for frequenting developed areas and habituated behavior.
22	201722	M	Subadult	9/8/2017	Heart Lake, YNP	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for bold behavior towards humans, repeated property damages, and obtaining multiple food rewards.
21	201721	M	Adult	42977	Antelope Crk, BDNF-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, self-defense kill at site of bear killed calf.
20	201720	M	Adult	8/21/2017	West Fork Madison River, BDNF	Inside	Known, human-caused, management removal for cattle depredations.
19	201719	M	Yearling	8/9/2017	Camp Crk, SNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and live removal for habituation and bold behavior.
18	201718	M	Yearling	8/10/2017	Camp Crk, SNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and live removal for habituation and bold behavior.
17	201717	F	Adult	7/30/2017	Buck Crk, PR-WY	Outside	Known, natural, remains of adult female found at cow carcass, likely killed and consumed by another bear.
16	201716	M	Subadult	8/5/2017	Gypsum Crk, BTNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for cattle depredations.
15	201715			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
14	201714	Unk	Cub	8/2/2017	Beartooth Crk, SNF-WY	Inside	Known, natural, remains of cub found at bear at cow carcass, killed and consumed by another bear
13	201713	M	Adult	8/2/2017	North Fork Owl Crk, PR-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for cattle depredations.
12	201712	M	Adult	7/21/2017	Green River, BTNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for livestock depredations.
11	201711	M	Yearling	7/15/2017	Gallatin River, US191-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, road kill.
10	201710	M	Adult	7/9/2017	West Goosewing Crk, BTNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for cattle depredations.
9	201709	M	Adult	Spring 2017	Yellowstone River, MT	Inside	Known, undetermined cause, found along bank of Yellowstone River, likely died during late winter or early spring 2017.
8	201708	F	Adult	5/4/2017	Alum Crk, YNP	Inside	Known, natural, radio-marked female died between 4/29 and 5/10, specific mechanism of mortality unknown.
7	201707	M	Subadult	5/26/2017	Wiggins Fork, SNF-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, road kill.
6	201706			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
5	201705	M	Adult	42875	Sheep Crk, CGNF-MT	Inside	Known, human-cuased, mistaken identity kill by black bear hunter.
4	201704			2017	WY	Inside	Known, under investigation.
3	201703	M	Adult	4/25/2017	Yellowstone River, US89-MT	Inside	Known, human-caused, road kill on US89.
2	201702	M	Subadult	4/12/2017	Dell Crk, PR-WY	Inside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for property damage, entering structures and obtaining food rewards.
1	201701	M	Adult	3/24/2017	Greybull River, PR-WY	Outside	Known, human-caused, management capture and removal for livestock depredations.

Known mortality - a carcass is in hand; Probable mortality - evidence strongly suggests a mortality has occurred but no carcass is recovered. Abbreviations: BOR = Bureau of Reclamation; BLM = Bureau of Land Management; BTNF = Bridger-Teton National Forest; COY = cub-of-the-year; CTNF = Caribou-Targhee National Forest; GNF = Gallatin National Forest; GTNP = Grand Teton National Park; IDFG = Idaho Fish and Game; MTFWP = Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; PR = private land; ST= state owned land; SNF = Shoshone National Forest; UNK = Unknown; WRIR = Wind River Indian Reservation; WYGF = Wyoming Game and Fish; YNP = Yellowstone National Park.