The recent article where Western Watersheds

advocates for a law requiring persons

to carry bear spray in the Greater Yellowstone

Ecosystem is another intrusion of

personal rights by a “project” that takes governmental

control to extremes.

Does bear spray work in many instances?

Yes.

Does bear spray guarantee your safety in

all encounters with bears? No.

Is the public advised to carry bear spray

at present? Yes.

Have there been encounters where person

carrying bear spray were attacked? Yes.

At present, even with the encounters

where a bear is killed, is the bear population

increasing? Yes.

Bear spray is an effective tool, but not the

only tool. I believe in individual rights and

not the right for the government to mandate

what I need for personal protection.

Let the individual decide what type of

protection they would carry.

Wyoming Game and Fish’s bear management

are the most dedicated individuals

I have ever seen in wildlife conservation.

Their drive, determination and honesty are

without reproach. Their work ethic exceeds

any I have ever witnessed. They are dedicated

to the public and the bear population,

even when they are assailed at every direction

by numerous coalitions who attempt to

use the government to mandate their ideology.

Let Wyoming Game and Fish do their job

and grizzly bears and the public will both

prosper.