Authorities say a team of search dogs arrived early Saturday morning to assist in the search for a missing man in Ravalli County.
The search is centered around Ambrose Creek, east of Stevensville.
Authorities tell NBC Montana 56-year-old George Alex Baumann told people he was headed there earlier this week.
That was the last time he's been seen. Over the last two days, a chopper, another dog team and ground crews all searched, but didn't find anything but his truck.
Officials are asking people to steer clear of the search area.
It's remote and sometimes rough country.
"Our issue is, the more people that are in a search area, where the potential is to use dogs and we are definitely going to use dogs, if we have a ton of people in that area, we might as well send those dogs home because the search is too difficult for them,"said Chris Hoffman, Ravalli County Sheriff.
Hoffman says the dogs can struggle with scent patterns if there's a lot of people in the area.
Baumann is described as Caucasian. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and could be wearing blue jeans and a shirt with the sleeves cut off.
Anyone with information on Baumann's whereabouts is asked to call the Ravalli County Sheriff's office at (406) 363-3033.
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