Bears Paw Mountains Bears Paw Mountains The Bears Paw Mountains (Bear Paw Mountains, Bear's Paw Mountains or Bearpaw Mountains) are an insular-montane island range in North-Central Montana, USA, located approximately 10 miles south of Havre, Montana. Baldy Mountain, which rises 6,916 feet (2,108 meters) above sea level, is the highest peak in the range. The Bears Paw Mountains extend in a 45-mile arc between the Missouri River and Rocky Boy Indian Reservation south of Havre. While highway signs designate the range as the Bears Paw Mountains, historically, the names Bearpaw Mountains and Bear Paw Mountains also have been used, including on early state
Swamps of the Blue Mountains and endangered species that have been recorded living permanently or on a transient basis within them. The Giant Dragonfly ("Petalura" gigantea) (Endangered) This list is not complete; several plant and animal species are not yet listed here. With the ongoing urbanization of the Blue mountains city, ecological pressures on the swamp communities have been growing over the past 50 years, several threats have been identified as significant to the ongoing future health of the swamp communities. Current threats have been identified as: ‘Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers, streams and their floodplains and wetlands is listed as a