There are similar bear scratches in the back of Midnight Cave near Carta Valley. No obvious bear-sized entrance into the cave and no bones. --Ediger
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Louise Power <[email protected]>wrote: > My sister sent me the following link from the Beaumont paper about the > resurgence of black bears in East Texas. > > http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Black-bears-come-home-to-East-Texas-4793763.php > > We have them here in Oregon, too. In hard times they wander into the > outlying areas around Ashland. I don't remember who said it, but keep your > camps clean and your food hanging high to discourage bears from making > themselves at home. Just remember, black bears are opportunistic feeders > who would much rather find their food in the wild than around people. The > majority of their diet is vegetation To find out a lot about black bears, > go to the North American Bear Center site: http://www.bear.org/website/ There > is a lot on black bear diet on the site today. > > >
