Wisconsin island could be closed for 2 weeks

Channel3000 ^ | 7-5-2013

[SJackson]

Increase in bear activity prompts closure of Sand Island in northwestern Wisconsin

black bear- Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR
A DNR warden got this 2012 photo of a Wisconsin black bear in the northwoods.

DULUTH, Minn. - Part of a national park in northwestern Wisconsin having problems with increased bear activity could be closed for as long as two weeks.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore officials had to close Sand Island on Wednesday after a bear entered campsites and even a beached boat. No one has been hurt.

Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said they are hoping the closure conditions the bear to look for natural food sources instead of human food.

Krumenaker told the Duluth News Tribune they've had to close other islands because of bear activity in the past and a couple times reopened too soon and the bears returned.

He said it could be a week or two before Sand Island reopens.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Kill ‘em. Let Gaia sort ‘em out. ;)

[COBOL2Java]

This just proves that bears can be re-educated faster than a low information EBT carrier.

The government tried an experiment in an undisclosed urban area, cutting off the EBT cards for two weeks. It didn't go well...

[Daffynition]

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[trisham]

While the brown bear (Grizzly) is more aggressive than the black bear, the black bear is responsible for more deaths, if I recall correctly. I believe that this is due to a greater population of black bears in proximity to humans, however.

[BerryDingle]

[Daffynition]

And the smell of the *possibility* of any food will draw them. This bear was after some bird seed left in a car.