Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page 47) Connect If You Enjoy our Local Wildlife WecouLduseYourheLP We love our mountain critters and hope you get a friendly peek at our squirrels, raccoons, deer and maybe even a bear during your visit. Our wildlife is awesome, but also fragile. Please help us protect them and you. • Don’t share your food with the animals, especially bears. If you feed them, it could cost them their lives. Why? Because once a bear loses fear of people, it can become too dangerous. It may have to be destroyed. • Put your picnic leftovers in a trash can with a secure lid. Don’t keep your food in your car or the same place where you sleep. Bears can smell a field of strawberries three miles away. Mama bear has no problem “opening” a locked car for a bag of chips or other tasty treats. • Don’t try to pet the wildlife. It’s not worth risking a bite, even from the cute ones, and the bigger ones can be faster than you think. • Obey posted speed limits and use your headlights. Slow down at dusk and watch out. Our wildlife doesn’t always use crosswalks. • Plan ahead when packing food. If you pack it in, you also have to pack it out. We try to keep the wilderness as untouched as possible. Please help us keep our wild friends wild and our wilderness clean and green. (top) Karl Bralich© - Valley View, Yosemite N.P. (right) Nancy Robbins© - Coyote (left) Jason Gayman© - Just off the Mist Trail near the base of Vernal Falls, Yosemite N.P. (559)83-43-YosemitethisYear.com 47 http://www.yosemitethisyear.com
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