Outfitter camps drawing grizzlies

Bear managers have relocated five grizzlies in the past week from the Pacific Creek area east of Grand Teton National Park after the bears raided outfitter camps for horse feed. On Sept. 9, Wyoming Game and Fish personnel captured an adult female with three yearling cubs. The bears were relocated to the North Fork of the Shoshone River. “The mother with the cubs got a food reward and did a small amount of damage to a utility trailer,” said Mark Bruscino, Game and Fish bear management program supervisor. Monday, Game and Fish captured another grizzly, an adult male, after he obtained horse feed and damaged a tent. That bear was also relocated to the North Fork of the Shoshone. Bruscino said the Pacific Creek area is a hot spot for bears and also an area highly used by outfitters and other members of the public. The relocations were necessary to ensure public safety, he said...more