Originally Posted By Jim M
... Where I have hiked in California and Washington State there has never been any fatalities from black bear attacks. Around here (Olympic mtns.) we see them or their tracks fairly often, but they don't seem to associate us with food like they to in Yosemite...


Yosemite has never had a bear fatality in its entire history (including the period when tourists were encouraged to feed the bears). The protocols are to protect the bear, not the people.