By Logan Finney, Idaho Reports 

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is reminding residents and visitors that grizzly bears can be found in more areas of Idaho than people might realize. The department also encourages brushing up on bear identification skills to avoid mistaking a grizzly for the more common black bear.

Black bears are common across Idaho. While grizzly bears are most commonly observed in the north in the Cabinet and Selkirk mountain ranges and in the east in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, they can be encountered in much of the Panhandle and Upper Snake regions.