Yosemite bears on the hunt for camper food

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Bear raids food from open container. Photo Jeffrey Brooker, courtesy Yosemite National Park Bears have already caused three incidents this week in Yosemite Valley campgrounds, reports Caitlin Lee-Roney, a wildlife biologist and expert insider at Yosemite National Park. “All three incidents occurred because either food or attractants were left out after campers went to sleep,” she wrote in a post sent out Tuesday morning. Always store all food and scented items in a latched bear-proof food locker. Never leave food or anything with the scent of food in your car or unattended. Bears continue to be active in Yosemite’s backcountry. In the wilderness###near the Snow Creek footbridge, she reported that [...]

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