Bear Safety and Food Storage Order

 

The Bridger-Teton National Forest is committed to providing readily available information to Forest visitors about Food Storage regulations for the safety of humans and bears alike. This will help minimize negative interactions between people and bears when recreating in bear country. We encourage you to take the pledge to educate yourself before you head out into Forest. 

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Things to Know Before You Go to the Forest: 

Food Storage Order: 

• NEW 2016: Order Number 04-03-330: Bridger-Teton National Forest and Order Number 16-001 for the Shoshone National Forest: OCCUPANCY AND USE RESTRICTIONS (Maps and definitions included) 

Things to know when recreating in Public Lands: 

• Properly Storing Attractants in Bear Country​
• Methods to Hang Food (With illustrations)
• "Pack it in, Pack it Out"- Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics 

Links to other resources: 

Please note that some of the following links are not secure goverment links.

National Park Service 

• Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Facts

Wyoming Game and Fish Department: 

• Bear Indentification Information

Be Bear Aware:

• Utilizing Bear Spray
• Predatory Confrontations

Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team

Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC)

U.S Fish and Wildlife- Grizzly Bear Recovery 

For more information about Bridger-Teton National Forest Food Storage order, contact us at (307) 739-5500 or by email. 

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