The expectation here in the NE is that bear/human encounters will increase materially this Fall. The drought has pretty well cut down berry and other crops they'll need to fatten up on. Here in NJ at least one "camp" bear had to be destroyed already, and rangers are beginning to use the rubber bullets to try to discourage them from entering some of the campgrounds along the Delaware River. On another note, some friends who'd been camping in Maine said that the bears up there have already figured out that they have to bite to rope at the base to get the food down from the branches........ JP >Absolutely something good to keep in mind...my only bear encounters(here in >the White Mountains of New Hampshire) happened a few weeks ago while camping >in a roadside campground- not only did I wake up one morning with a large >black bear peeking in my tent door(I could have poked him in the nose he was >so close...I decide not too:)), but he came back later that evening and >climbed up on a picnic table that we were all sitting at up until the bear >arrived. He must have developed a fondness for Doritos and beer from >previous campers. Sadly, once bears begin to make habits of certain >campgrounds , they often end up destroyed(according to the ranger who showed >up that evening) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 16 1999 - 13:53:39 PDT
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