The Cabinet Mountains and Yaak River drainage in the northwest corner of Montana. The Bitterroot Mountains and associated lands north of the Salmon River and west to the Selway drainage in northern Idaho. The Selkirk Mountains in northeast Washington and the panhandle of Idaho. The grizzly range in Canada has been reduced to western Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and parts of the Northwest Territories. In Alaska the range is just about the same as it was except for the areas that are inhabited by man.
Bears are the only large predators that regularly eat both plants and meat.
A common myth about bears is that they can't run downhill. That is indeed wrong. They can run uphill or downhill easily and quickly. Another myth is that they have very poor eyesight. It is beleived that bears can actually see every bit as well as man, and can see colors, form, and movement.