Don t dump an animal carcass on public property or leave it near a building, road, trail or other developed area. Although the grizzly is more powerful, assertive and unpredictable, both black bears and grizzlies can be dangerous to humans. Size and color alone are not sufficient to make a positive identification. Size is relative and both species range in color from black to blond. Black bears have a relatively straight profile from the forehead to the tip of the nose.
Grizzly bears have smaller, more rounded ears.
The ears of the black bear are larger, more erect and more pointed. Black bears usually do not have distinctive shoulder humps. Grizzly bears have long, slightly curved, more obvious claws. Black bears have shorter, more curved claws. In grizzlies, all the toe prints will be above the line.