Author: By Coeur d'Alene Press

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says its staff misidentified a grizzly bear as a black bear two days before a hunter killed it.”Fish and Game regrets the mistake made by its staff, the undue stress the situation caused for the hunter and the loss of the grizzly bear. Fish and Game is reviewing its staff’s role in the incident as a matter of personnel,” said a press release.The male grizzly bear was shot and killed on June 10 near Lower St. Joe River about 5 miles from the town of St. Maries, “an area not commonly used by…