Bear encounters close popular camping area, rangers blame people careless with food
By Matt Markovich
Published August 18, 2022 6:38PM
NORTH BEND, Wash. - A popular campground and riverfront campsites are closed for the remainder of the summer due to aggressive bear encounters.
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has closed the Middle Fork Campground northeast of North Bend and a stretch of dispersed campsites between Pratt River Bar and Garfield Ledges Parking lot along Forest Road 56, after reports of "ongoing human conflicts with black bears."
Snoqualmie District Ranger Martie Schramm said the USFS closed the area on Monday because people had been careless about leaving food on picnic tables and their cars with food inside "unsecured".
https://www.q13fox.com/news/bear-encounters-close-popular-camping-area-rangers-blame-people-careless-with-food
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