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Show - nty C1) U ILL PANGUITCH • PANGUITCH LAKE • HATCH • BRYCE • TROPIC • ANTIMONY • HENRIEVILLE • CANNONVILLE • ESCALANTE • BOULDER Thursday, June 30, 2011 • Issue # 329 BEARS SEEN ACROSS UTAH A bear enters the cab of a truck on Boulder Mountain. Two young bears peak through cabin windows near Hobble Creek. And, just a few days ago, a mother bear and her yearling cub are seen wandering in Ogden Canyon. From northern Utah to points down south, people are seeing bears across Utah right now. And in places they've never seen them before. "I have lived in the canyon for 40 years," says Keith Runcles, who owns the Oaks restaurant in Ogden Canyon, "and this is the first time [I've heard of people seeing bears]." Kevin Bunnell, mammals program coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says there are two reasons why: June is the time of the year when mother bears kick their oneyear-old cubs out on their own because the breeding season is starting. The young bears, out on their own for the first time, tend to wander as they search for an area to call their own. The incredible amount of snowfall Utah has received. "The bears would prefer to be in meadows higher in the mountains right now," Bunnell says, "but the snow has closed many of these areas off. That's forcing the bears to look for food at lower elevations." Most of the bears are eating grass right now. But Bunnell says bears aren't shy at all about eating the same food people eat. And that can lead to a tragic outcome—usually for the bear. "When a bear begins to lose its fear of people," Bunnell says, "we have a dangerous situation on our hands; a wild animal that's more likely to act aggressively towards people. "In these situations," he says, "we sometimes have DESERT Docrom inoerontircix REEDAnts PARP-rs 24Hr. Smsvierio. Esc-minute, ur 4354%26-4951 THURSDAY WINDY HIGH: 80 LOW: 46 FRIDAY HIGH: 86 LOW: 48 SUNNY SATURDAY HIGH: 90 LOW: 53 SUNNY SUNDAY HIGH: 90 LOW: 53 MOSTLY SUNNY MONDAY HIGH: 85 LOW: 53 SUNNY TUESDAY HIGH: 80 LOW: 53 PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAII SCATTERED SHOWERS Member of:.. or Utah Press! HIGH: 79 LOW: 53 ***** IFPA. INDEPENDENT Plitt PAPERS OF AMERICA -.•=, ...A.1111 to trap and euthanize the bear to keep people safe." Fortunately, Bunnell says doing five simple things will lessen the chance that a black bear visits your campsite or cabin area this year: • Don't scatter garbage, food scraps and fat drippings around your campsite. And don't leave them in your fire pit, either. Instead, place them in an airtight container, lock them securely in the trunk of your car or inside your trailer and take them home with you. If bear-proof garbage cans are available in your campground, you can also leave them in the cans. After you're done cooking and eating, immediately clean your cooking grills. And also clean anything used to prepare, eat or clean up food. • Don't keep any food in the area where you're sleeping. • Cook away from your tent or sleeping area. And don't sleep in the clothes you wore while cooking or the clothes you wore while cleaning fish. Leave those clothes at your cooking area, along with utensils, rags and anything else used to prepare, cook, eat or clean up food. Or, better yet, seal the items inside a vehicle or in a bear-proof container. If you're camping in the backcountry, hang your food and the clothes you used while cooking between two trees and at least 12 feet off the ground. • Don't bring items with you that have a strong odor. Bears have extremely sensitive noses. Anything that has a strong smell, including deodorant, perfume and certain soaps, could draw a bear to your campsite. Never feed a bear. Bear safety tips More tips on how to stay safe in bear country, including what to do if you encounter a bear while hiking, are available at http:// go.usa.gov/WDW. You'll be helping others too Bunnell says if you follow these rules, you'll not only help yourself, you'll help other people too. He says a bear may not visit your campsite while you're there. But the food you leave out and the litter you leave behind could bring a bear to that same area after you leave. And that could create a serious problem for people who camp in the area after you. ■11111111111111101r*"."..., = t I I WI • n 11•ina NT% •tiq, C @Mal ggfi© ClOW,E6qTy. 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Park regulations require anyone camping within 1/4 miles of the shoreline of Lake Powell shall have a means of containing solid human waste such as a ell, including near Rainbow portable toilet, marine toilet Bridge National Monuon a vessel, a self-contained ment. . toilet in a recreational veVessels that are capable hicle, or specifically engi- of overboard discharge of neered bag waste contain- human waste must have ment systems, which must that system incapacitated be packed out. The only in order to be legal on Lake exception to this rule is if Powell. Boaters are encouryou are camping within 200 aged to report any evidence yards of a constructed toilet of illegal waste disposal to facility. Use of other types park staff. of plastic or paper bags as The water quality at Lake a receptacle for solid hu- Powell is extremely high; man waste is prohibited, as beach closures are veryisois placing waste containers lated incidents, occurring in dumpsters. Additionally, less than once a year. there are several floating "We've been monitoring pumpout and restroom sta- water quality at Glen Cantions located in the more yon National Recreation remote areas of Lake Pow- Area since 1993," stated Superintendent Todd Brindle. "Lake Powell is one of the cleanest reservoirs in the country, and we have the data to prove it." Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the beach monitoring season at Glen Canyon National Recrec. ation Area. Water quality technicians collect on aveum*N117 EREWCDMIC erage 750 water samples each year between Memorial Day and Labor Day at ManimyYm2,74A popular as well as remote aevio § IC l&mozfid, uum beach locations along ark. 7 AM start at the High School. Ends at To nearly 2000 miles of shoreSign up at Gallery Escalante line. These samples are Proceeds for Children with life threatening illness. analyzed for elevated E. Roanuth coli concentrations, which 7:30 AM at Escalante Fire Hall. Pancakes, Ham & Eggs are indicative of fecal conHelp equip our volunteer fire fighters. tamination and can pose a Tani Ma62 serious health risk to recreFresh local produce and product ating visitors. In the event Town Center Park II AM to 2 PM E. coli concentrations are Puller Td anTA elevated, beach areas will Sandwich, Beans, Coleslaw, Drink & Dessert be closed to swimming and 8 AM to 2 PM Towne Center Park are monitored until the area Courtesy Potato Valley Lions Club, Escalante no longer poses any health Volunteer Fire Department & EMT Ambulance Crew risks to the public and can be reopened. potatoYalle Celebration 119111),U Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. Jodie Foster ac_ 4,w, THE GARFIELD COUNTYINSIDER is owned and operated by Snapshot Multimedia and is distributed weekly to all of Garfield County. Its purpose is to inform residents about local issues and events. 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