Bears - IUCN

3 years of phase-out (Table 7). Thus, from 1959 through 1967 an average of
six grizzlies became campground foraging bears each year, but during the
rapid cut-back in garbage (1968 through 1970), an average of 23 grizzlies became
campground oriented each year. Data in Table 7 also show that Grant
Village, which was first opened to the public in 1967, presumably had no problem
bears that year, as none were captured. The following years it was visited
by grizzlies. Twenty-five were captured during the three-year period of revised
management. Similarly, no grizzlies were captured at Slough Creek, Tower
TABLE 7. FREQUENCY OF CAPTURE AND THE NUMBER OF GRIZZLY
BEARS CAPTURED IN CAMPGROUNDS.
1959-1967
1968-1970†
Campgrounds and
developed areas*
Frequency
of
capture
Individual
bears
captured
Frequency
of
capture
Individual
bears
captured
Canyon Village
Lake
Old Faithful
West Thumb
Grant Village
Norris
Lewis Lake
Indian Creek
Slough Creek
Tower Fall
Mammoth
Madison Junction
48
40
9
17
—
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
33
26
9
11
—
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
42
73
23
7
30
2
1
0
3
3
1
5
24
48
17
6
25
2
1
0
3
3
1
3
Totals
Corrected totals‡
Total individuals
involved
117
82
75
57
190
133
124
70
*Canyon Village includes—Canyon Village and Otter Creek Campgrounds. Lake
includes—Lake, Fishing Bridge, Bridge Bay and Pelican Creek Campgrounds.
Grant Village opened in 1967 when the National Park Service began phasing
out open-pit dumps.
†Unmarked grizzly bears entering campgrounds during 1968 and 1969 could not
be individually marked because of Park Service policy prohibiting marking of
any animals in Yellowstone. Thus, in addition to marked animals, a minimum
number of unmarked individuals, determined by criteria of sex, age and time
of capture were recorded for this period.
‡ In 16 instances, bears were captured in two areas during a year. The corrected
total of individual grizzlies captured per year corrects for this bias.
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