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What do you do if you encounter a bear?

Not only does the early summer snow melting from forest service campgrounds lure RVers to their favorite forest camp, it also brings bears out of hibernation from the long winter sleep–and they are hungry! Mama bears with cubs have two or three mouths to feed, and early in the season some areas have yet to
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Hey Ranger! Don't Feed the Bears

If you were to compile a list of the terms most often associated with signs and regulations in parks, two would probably come to mind: “Keep off the Grass” and “Don’t Feed the Bears.” The implications of ignoring the one about bears are obviously a lot more serious! I’ll share an amusing story in this
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