At national parks 90 years ago, ‘Don’t feed the bears’ was not the prevailing wisdom

On August 25th, take a moment to say “happy birthday” to the National Parks Service. It’s turning 100 years old. And my, how some things have changed in that century. Take, for example, how the parks deal with bears. Today, the Park Service characterizes the possibility of seeing live bears – black, grizzly or polar in dozens of parks across the...

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