[pct-l] Bears in Yosemite

[Tortoise]

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> On Sep 29, 2014, at 18:50, <ned at mountaineducation.org> <ned at mountaineducation.org> wrote:
> 
> Bear cans.... If they keep the bears from my food, where I used to fear 
> their nocturnal dismemberments of my pack, then I'm all for them! Besides, I 
> can use the canister for a chair, to carry bulk snow for melting, and a 
> washing machine!
> 
> No complaints!
> 
> 
> 
> Ned Tibbits, Director
> Mountain Education, Inc.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Scott Williams
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:04 PM
> To: Herb Stroh
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bears in Yosemite
> 
> Good article.  The new practices, including our use of bear cans while
> backpacking, has brought about a huge change in my experience of the High
> Sierra from when I was a kid in the '60s and dealing with problem bears was
> a daily concern.  I hate carrying the darn things, but for the sake of the
> bears and my overall enjoyment of hiking through those glorious mountains,
> I'll do it.  It's a regulation I thoroughly support.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shroomer
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Herb Stroh <HStroh at sjmslaw.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Interesting article in the Seattle Times entitled "Yosemite Solving Bear
>> Problem by Educating Animals-and Humans"
>> http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2024637632_yosemitebearsxml.html
>> Highlights:
>> 
>> *        Reports of bears damaging property or injuring people is down 92%
>> since 1988;
>> 
>> *        Reports of bears destroyed due to bear/human contact has fallen
>> from 10 per year to 1 or two;
>> 
>> *        There has never been a report of a black bear killing a person in
>> Yosemite or all of California;
>> 
>> *        From 1923 to 1971 rangers intentionally left food out for bears
>> so tourists could take pictures. (I remember when the park service
>> maintained bleachers by the dump for everyone to sit and watch the bears
>> eat trash!)
>> 
>> *        4,000 bear lockers have been installed in Yosemite, half of which
>> was funded by the Yosemite Conservancy;
>> 
>> *        A study analyzing bear fur and bones found a 63 percent drop in
>> the proportion of human food bears consume now as compared with the 70s 
>> and
>> 80s;
>> 
>> *        Bears are becoming 'wild' again, as those use to human food die
>> off and the younger ones find it more difficult to obtain human food.
>> 
>> Herb
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