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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) State wildlife officials say it appears a 3-year-old female grizzly bear was struck and killed by a train west of Noxon last week.

The bear's carcass was recovered from the Clark Fork River in an area where Montana Rail Link reported a train struck a possible grizzly on Oct. 20. GPS information from the bear's radio collar indicated that the bear was on or near the tracks when the last reading was taken before a mortality signal was received.

State Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say the bear was moved July 24 from the Stillwater Drainage near Trego to the Cabinet Mountains as part of an effort to augment the grizzly population there.

Also Tuesday, FWP said it was looking for information into the death of a grizzly bear whose decomposed carcass was recovered Oct.

24 about 18 miles north of Thompson Falls.

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