Bear Management Report: Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 2007
Delozier E and Stiver W. Bear Management Report: Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 2007
This report describes the black bear (Ursus americanus) management in GRSM. The combination of high human use and a large number of bears creates a situation where human/bear conflicts are likely. The objective for managing bears is to manage visitors, concessionaires, and employees in a manner that allows bears to live naturally, and provide for safe visitor use.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Delozier, E Kim; Stiver, William H
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- bait station, Bear Mortalities, Black Bear, hard mast survey, Non-lethal Aversive Conditioning, pyrotechnics, Ursus americanus