The attack occurred in what is considered prime grizzly bear habitat with higher-elevation salmon streams and dense cover below the tree line. “It’s got a fairly good population, especially since the grizzly bear hunt was closed in 2017,” said Wayne McCrory, provincial bear biologist. Similarly, the grizzly bear that killed a Florida hiker in Montana’s Glacier National Park May 3 is not being searched for either. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee released its report on that case in late July. The Pollio case was the park’s first fatal grizzly attack since 1998.