[BigBrunyon]

If i was in the Bear's position I'd come down close to town and stand on a rock and go "RAH!!""!! If you stand overlooking them and go RAH good chance they'll COWER IN FEAR then you just get the food at that point

[timberghost]

But theres always a chance of getting shot by some good old boys too

[kiliki]

[Chief Joseph]

True. We were up east of Mammoth Hot Springs a few years ago and traffic was stopped in both directions, people were out of their cars taking pics and video of a small black bear just off the road. After a bit of waiting a ranger came along and broke up the fiasco.

[Zloi]

I don’t understand the reasoning behind this re-introduction of grizzlies. Just because some species used to inhabit a certain area and does not (apparently) now doesn’t mean humans should scurry to ‘re-introduce’ them. The reason they disappeared to begin with may be that they found life easier elsewhere. Surely that has happened from time immemorial without any human factor—due to climatic changes, failure competing against other species, etc. I don't get how and why these research projects get funded, and the cost of the actual re-introduction and follow -up. Heck, spend it on trail and back-road maintenance! Anyone dying to hike amongst grizzlies in the wild need only drive to the vast forests north of Vancouver from the ocean to the Rockies. Grizzly Heaven.

[Randito]

[Bootpathguy]

[BigBrunyon]

Just INSTALL an electric fence around the entire deal. My tax money should be covering this!! I deserve to get these bears fenced in. They can afford it!! With all this tax money dollars they can afford to spend big on the electric fence INSTALLATION. Needs to be serious fence to force the bears to remain in their area!!

[Chief Joseph]

Right^^^ and we can get Canada to pay for it!

[Ski]

WWRD? (what would Roy do?)

[Lazyhiker]

[Logbear]

Will people walk 20 miles to see a Grizzly? Yup, I think so. 75 European tourists flew 5,000 miles, and then rode in 2 tour buses to Barlow Pass so they could hike to Monte Cristo in the hope that they could see the "ibex". The tour bus driver told me that the tour group was on a 4 state tour. The busses dropped the people off at Barlow Pass and then went down to Deer Creek to park. A highlight for many of the tourists was a trip to see the goats that were transplanted from the Olympics, and their research brought them to Monte Cristo. I told the driver that I had seen the goats north of Barlow Pass, but that they wouldn't be visible from Monte Cristo or Barlow Pass. I showed the driver where the goats were on a map and he took a picture of it to show his group when he picked them up. He figured that he's get a nice tip when he could tell them they were close. I found it interesting that these tourists from Europe knew so much about the goats. The bus driver was a local and didn't know anything about the goats. When Grizzlies are transplanted into the North Cascades, people will come to see. Not just to see the Grizzlies, but they will come to see where the Grizzlies live.

[FiresideChats]

I think the tourists did not get their money's worth, on that point. Give them 3 hours at Big Four Picnic Area. But considering there are 20,000 black bears in WA, the vast majority of grizzly sightings in the foreseeable future will be mislabeled ursus americanus.

[Chief Joseph]

Hike 20 miles to see a griz? Yea right, what if the griz don't want to be seen? Plus be careful what you wish for.

[Logbear]

7 days, 14 grizzlies, 84 miles Yes, I think people will hike 20 miles to see a grizzly. https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1256139