The following information is designed to help the visitor protect both person and property from the creatures of the wild.
Bears are usually more afraid of people than people are of bears.
Bears are mainly herbivores, eating berries and other vegetation, while not passing on the opportunity for meat-items left by campers. They have a large range and move quickly through the mountains. People and bears normally avoid each other. One of the few catalysts for people and bears to interact is climactic. Southern California has been undergoing a period of drought.