The way to provide bears, and any other species, with the sustenance needed
to carry them through lean times is simple. Provide diverse ecosystems that
allow their species, and those others with which they interact, the level
playing field called "wilderness". It is not a good thing to provide food for
bears, or any other species because of what we consider to be hard times. The
ability of species to go through the feast and famine cycles of nature is
what assures their natural selection process carries only the best selected
individuals to procreate future generations. It is a fools' folly for humans to
attempt to intervene, except in the dire circumstance of species extinction.
Understand the ecosystem constraints that bears, and other species, face.
It is then that we can examine the habitat improvements needed to insure their
long term survival. That is ultimately what conservation is about.
Wade Dickens
P.S. Thanks to Dr. Mark Brinson, my graduate instructor in Ecology at East
Carolina University, circa 1978, and the many others who have taught me about
the wonders of nature.
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