Media Often Creates A Disproportionate Amount Of Fear Toward Nature
One of the elemental truths that comes with living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—by choice as I do—is the conscious fact that grizzly bears and other large, potentially dangerous mammals roam across the expansive landscape. Whenever one departs for a hiking trailhead, part of the mental checklist includes identifying where the bear spray is; it's as automatic as putting a water bottle in your backpack.
The truth is that while hiking I've come in close contact by accident with many different animals in the backcountry besides grizzlies and black bears: moose, elk, wolves, deer, coyotes, territorial badgers, humans with
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Written by Todd Wilkinson
Categorized As: Wildlife News, Simple Observations On Nature, News, Nature