wouldn’t it make sense that if a bear was harrassing people in that very area that day, that they would put up some kind of warning? I mean if there is a shark attack, they close the whole beach...right?
I know you mean well, but how do you close 40,000 square miles of wilderness with campgrounds scattered here and there all about like in the area I live in?
Bears, mountain lions, etc. are a fact of life in the wilds, you can close a beach, and as long as people stay out of the water, they are ok. But in a huge wilderness setting, there is no shoreline, no retreat from predators.
I find the response interesting. Even in Kalifornia they will immediately track down a problem animal and deal with it. Bears on the Nevada side of Tahoe get zero tolerance if they try to attack a human. Ones that break into houses get two chances (depending on the specifics) and then are disposed of.