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keyman44
Sep 18, 2015Explorer
We were camped there for about a week when this closure occurred. We came back to camp and found a note taped to our door saying that the campground was being closed because black bear and grizzly were coming in to feed.
When we first arrived to check in we were told that loop B was closed due to bear activity. Loop B is in between (and very close to) loops A & C. As we drove into loop C we could see the campground was VERY thick with berry bushes. It was a bear smorgasbord. The berry bushes grew right up to the edge of the asphalt. Each site had only a small spot cleared and the pull through sites also have a row of berry bushes between the RV and the road. When you came out of the RV you had to hope there wasn't a bear on the other side of the bushes having a meal. When you went to the shower you had to walk this road lined to the edge with berry bushes not knowing what was around the next corner.
Glacier NP has over one million acres. That's more than enough acreage for the bears to feed on. They need to get someone on a tractor with a brushhog to mow the campground so people could feel comfortable bringing their children camping there.
When we first arrived to check in we were told that loop B was closed due to bear activity. Loop B is in between (and very close to) loops A & C. As we drove into loop C we could see the campground was VERY thick with berry bushes. It was a bear smorgasbord. The berry bushes grew right up to the edge of the asphalt. Each site had only a small spot cleared and the pull through sites also have a row of berry bushes between the RV and the road. When you came out of the RV you had to hope there wasn't a bear on the other side of the bushes having a meal. When you went to the shower you had to walk this road lined to the edge with berry bushes not knowing what was around the next corner.
Glacier NP has over one million acres. That's more than enough acreage for the bears to feed on. They need to get someone on a tractor with a brushhog to mow the campground so people could feel comfortable bringing their children camping there.
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