Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell says that when he was working at Wells Gray Park, installing bear-resistant bins impacted the number of human-bear interactions.

Source: https://www.clearwatertimes.com/community/bear-in-mind-how-to-keep-bears-out-of-the-trash-this-summer/

Information packets accompanying each permit warn participants of the risk of bear encounters and offer tips on how to minimize the risk of human-bear conflicts.

Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/11/elk-reduction-program-underway-in-grand-teton-national-park/

This back-tracking would be exacerbated by plans to punitively manage human-bear conflicts, most of which occur on the periphery of occupied habitat.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/06/now-is-not-the-time-to-remove-esa-protections-for-grizzlies/