COOKE CITY, Mont. -- A grizzly bear captured at the Montana campground where a Springfield, Ore., man was attacked last week will be relocated to a research facility in Pullman, Wash.

"I get to go see the bear face to face and shake it's paw and say no hard feelings," said Steve Bartley (at left) of Springfield, Ore., who fought the bear with his bare hands in the early morning hours of July 17.

“We’re hopeful we caught the bear that injured the camper," said Kevin Frey, a bear management specialist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ personnel captured a grizzly bear in the Soda Butte Campground east of Cooke City on Tuesday, five days after the attack.

FWP personnel set two traps in the Soda Butte Campground on July 18 in an attempt to trap a bear.

A young adult female grizzly, known as bear number 495, was caught in a trap at the site of the incident on July 22.

The bear had previously been captured and collared in 2005 in Wyoming in a livestock depredation-related incident.

“There has been no reported bear nuisance activity in the Cooke City and Silver Gate areas since July 18,” said Frey, FWP bear management specialist. "We attempted to target a bear in close proximity to the campground and not draw in bears from a broader area. The more time that goes by without nuisance bear activity in the area, the more likely it is that this bear was involved in the incident.”

Because this bear was captured at the site of the attack, relocation back into the wild was not an option, according to Montana game officials, leaving the bear’s fate uncertain.

Fish and game personnel had two options: euthanize the bear or find a captive facility.

Frey found a place for the bear at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash.

“Over the years the WSU bear center has taken numerous bears for long-term health and nutrition studies that have helped researchers and managers with the recovery of wild grizzly bear populations in the lower-48 states,” said Frey. “The bears are well-cared for and have plenty of room outside for feeding and exercise.”