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Apple season is upon us!

August 29th, 2025

It’s That Time Again… The 2025 Bears & Apples Season is Here! 🍎🐻 We’re excited to share that sign-up is officially open for this year’s Missoula Bears & Apples program! Whether you’re interested in volunteering, getting help removing fruit from your trees, or using harvested fruit so it doesn’t go to waste, we’d love to… Read the complete post or our blog for all news.

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Support bear conservation with your donation. Your gift funds projects to prevent human-bear conflict, educate about and protect bears and habitat. Donate

Bears and Apples Program

Great Bear is busy this year with the Bears and Apples Program where we try to reduce bear-human conflicts in the Missoula area, and you can help. Read more

Polar Bear Field Courses

Travel to Churchill, Manitoba with the Great Bear Foundation. Register for one of our conservation-based polar bear field courses here: Read more

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