Dont Feed The Bears!

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A short editorial in todays Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/01/the_call_of_the_wild/

about Yosemite's strategy to bring bear awareness to the National Parks crowd. A good quick read to start your day.


bob

 

[DougPaul]

There is also a decent article in the latest issue of Backpacker (Oct 07) on the efforts to keep Yosemite Valley bears away from human food.

Don't see an online version.

Doug

 

[Kevin Rooney]

If you're interested in more bear stories, there is a thread here from the Whitney Portal BB, the major trailhead for Mt Whitney. Onion Valley is a trailhead about 30 miles north of Whitney, similar in elevation to Whitney Portal, and perhaps a 100 miles south of Yosemite - all in the Eastern Sierra. I did a loop hike a couple of weeks ago from Onion Valley - beautiful country, and a mecca for backpackers and hikers.

Lots of bear/human interaction this year as the drought has created a hardship for the bears, and there are lots of them.

 

[DougPaul]

Check out the Floyd Davidson post in the following thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rec....c13dbd00164/ab11ed5726d53b4d#ab11ed5726d53b4d

Kind of ties into the gum on sleeping bag thread...

Doug

 

[TomD]

When I stayed in Curry Village two years ago over the Presidents' Day weekend, the NPS had a movie playing in the check-in office about bears. They also have a torn up car parked nearby, so you can see what a determined bear can do if you leave food in the car-broken windows and at least one door was torn open. Might have popped the trunk too, if I remember right.

I think it's a pretty big fine if they catch you feeding bears or leaving food around instead of in a bear locker or bear canister.