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stopdiggin

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2. people that have livestock
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 01:14 PM
Nov 2023

are worried about wolves and mountain lions. People that like to camp, swim, hike - and basically walk in the woods - are worried about grizzlies.
(and granted, in either case the threat might not be extreme - but you can't tell people that wolves don't or won't take livestock - or that bears are unknown to attack humans)

So then the question becomes does the ecological advantage gained by reintroducing the grizzly to this area - outweigh the potential problem/danger?

(And then too - we have a fairly large and developed portion of the populous - that absolutely hates and distrusts anything the government proposes to do. Right?)

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