[pct-l] BearVault status in a portion of SEKI

[sales at bearvault.com (bearvault)]

We wanted to let you know of a development that affects the use of the
certain bear canisters in a specific area of the Sierra. The Kearsarge
Lakes/Charlotte Lake/Upper Bubbs Creek areas have had several BearVaults
and Bearikades broken into by a bear(s).  At this time these incidents
are isolated to this specific area and possibly one or more bears. Due
to the local and specific nature of these incidents the enclosed
document was sent out by the Whitney Ranger Station concerning this
area.   BearVault is obtaining several of the canisters from the
incidents in this area in an effort to determine the cause of the
failures. 
 
The Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group has pointed out that at this
time this does not affect the approval status of any BearVault models.
The local rangers will attempt to tag the suspected bear(s) and observe
its behavior during interactions with bear canisters put in the area to
observe what is happening.
 
Thank you.
 
Jamie