MEET CARRIE HUNTBefore bear spray, encounters between people and bears often ended in bullets. UM News Service tells us that changed when graduate student Carrie Hunt developed the life-saving deterrent at the University of Montana in the 1980s. Over 40 years later, bear spray is still one of the most important tools for human-wildlife coexistence. She founded the Wind River Bear Institute in 1996, which trains Karelian bear dogs and their handlers to haze problem bears away from human spaces. University of Montana Homecoming UM News Service loading...Our thanks to UM News Service for sharing this fascinating account of a UM student who definitely took the term "Griz Grad" to the next level.