Camping in bear country is safe when you understand the rules, but first-timers often make the same preventable mistakes.

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A close encounter between a black bear and two children has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to prohibit tents at a campground near Aspen. The bear scratched and left puncture marks in a tent ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials have killed four black bears in a campground recently reserved for people in Anchorage who are homeless. Employees from the Alaska Department of Fish ...

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