Issues with Seasonal Use

Proposed time for opening additional roads

Coincides with summer berry season

Serviceberries, Chokecherries, Hawthorn, Kinikinik

Precisely when lands most valuable and most used by bears

Precisely the wrong time to increase use

Motorized use in particular
Campers, kids and bears in berry patches don't mix

Majority of grizzly losses due to human interactions

Highest mortality rate is in July

Makes no sense to funnel people into areas frequented by bears

Increasing MV use runs counter to other BF Challenge efforts

Successful conflict reduction via carcass and boneyard removal

Neighborhood watch program