The article states that two fatal attacks in one night by two different bears caused the Park Service to pay attention to how to deconflict bears and people.

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The park, nearly 1,600 square miles of stunning peaks and valleys in northwest Montana, had recorded no grizzly-caused human fatalities since it was established in 1910. Then, on one night, two bears in spots several miles apart killed two campers. Both victims were 19-year-old women.

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But soon it became clear that the problem was far more mundane: human food and garbage.

Glacier, a park that had recorded just 110,000 visitors between 1910 and 1920, was in the late 1960s welcoming nearly 1 million people a year, and more of them were heading into the backcountry. Granite Park Chalet, a mountaintop site reachable by trail, had so many visitors in 1967 that its incinerator could not contain all their trash, and managers discarded the excess in a gully behind the facility. Soon the grizzly bears' nightly foraging there became a tourist attraction.

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Many park staffers were uncomfortable with this situation, as recounted in Jack Olsen's 1969 book, "Night of the Grizzlies." Among them were Gildart and his friend, wildlife biologist Dave Shea. They had witnessed five bears dine on trash at the chalet days before, and both had expressed concern at park headquarters.

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In the Trout Lake area, meanwhile, one grizzly had spent that hot summer rummaging through garbage barrels near a collection of cabins, menacing hikers and raiding backcountry campsites. Although backpacking was becoming more popular, there "was no wilderness ethic," Waller said: Campers would simply leave behind their trash, providing nourishment to bears smart enough to associate it with people.

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Unbelievable this was the case back then, but I suppose it was. By the time I started backpacking in the early 1980s it was already well known to keep your camp clean, cook somewhere other than your camp, etc etc.

It is a good read on the incidents that started some efforts to stop bears from associating humans with food.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165379227.html

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The article states that two fatal attacks in one night by two different bears caused the Park Service to pay attention to how to deconflict bears and people.

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The park, nearly 1,600 square miles of stunning peaks and valleys in northwest Montana, had recorded no grizzly-caused human fatalities since it was established in 1910. Then, on one night, two bears in spots several miles apart killed two campers. Both victims were 19-year-old women.

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But soon it became clear that the problem was far more mundane: human food and garbage.

Glacier, a park that had recorded just 110,000 visitors between 1910 and 1920, was in the late 1960s welcoming nearly 1 million people a year, and more of them were heading into the backcountry. Granite Park Chalet, a mountaintop site reachable by trail, had so many visitors in 1967 that its incinerator could not contain all their trash, and managers discarded the excess in a gully behind the facility. Soon the grizzly bears' nightly foraging there became a tourist attraction.

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Many park staffers were uncomfortable with this situation, as recounted in Jack Olsen's 1969 book, "Night of the Grizzlies." Among them were Gildart and his friend, wildlife biologist Dave Shea. They had witnessed five bears dine on trash at the chalet days before, and both had expressed concern at park headquarters.

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In the Trout Lake area, meanwhile, one grizzly had spent that hot summer rummaging through garbage barrels near a collection of cabins, menacing hikers and raiding backcountry campsites. Although backpacking was becoming more popular, there "was no wilderness ethic," Waller said: Campers would simply leave behind their trash, providing nourishment to bears smart enough to associate it with people.

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Unbelievable this was the case back then, but I suppose it was. By the time I started backpacking in the early 1980s it was already well known to keep your camp clean, cook somewhere other than your camp, etc etc.

It is a good read on the incidents that started some efforts to stop bears from associating humans with food.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165379227.html

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Amazing.

This place is so beautiful!

Just throw the trash out back.