Bummer. This 185 pound grizzly was poking around tents in Norris campground. That’s never a good thing. While I’m a big fan of Norris campground, it’s a shame that there are so many places “pushed on” by mankind that a perhaps curious bear is sentenced to a life behind bars for simply exploring.

Over the years I have noticed a creeping feeling that maybe its time to manage some of our parks and forests for the wildlife – a place where they can be left alone – and that includes collaring and tracking for research. Of course, when I reach that thought, another thought comes stumbling in – the thought of our egos not allowing such a thing to exist.

I would have liked to have seen this bear relocated. It’s the wild.