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Sort of disagree. Their territory is more so very remote wilderness than urban/rural borders.

• hutzlibu 3y ago
  Yes, but adventure and wilderness is en vogue and I don't have any numbers, but I think the people trying out the wilderness is way higher than 50 years ago. In general I think it is a good thing, but the wilderness is not a wild park.
  • dogman144 3y ago
    Nobody is coming out to these wildernesses but yes that might change. There’s a big jump b/t National parks and hiking around Denver vs the designated wilderness areas where the bears are - Washakie, Absaroka/Bearooth, Bridger, etc. Locals and big game expeditions are common but it’s 2 hrs on a forest service road after 2 hours on US Highway after flying into a Regional airport connected from Denver to get out there. Yellowstone thankfully absorbs a ton of visitor traffic as well. Additionally, especially after urban Montana and CO’s challenges paired with existing ranch power, these areas aren’t getting developed any time soon. There’s a wall of public land and ranches surrounding the bear areas, in short. Yellowstone has bears but the risk areas where you’re legitimately entering their space are in the designated wildernesses.