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Archive Home > 2002 > August > 17 > Bear feeders now risk fines or jail

Bear feeders now risk fines or jail

Three animals already killed this season by officials

By Rachel Odell / The Bulletin
August 17, 2002

For years, Forest Service officials have asked campers not to feed the bears at Newberry Crater. But now people caught trading morsels for views of the bruins can be fined up to $5,000 or six months in jail.

The Deschutes National Forest issued a special order Friday making it illegal to feed....

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