Cider pressing, gleaning event helps bears and people
Several apple presses were available to those who attended the Bears and Cider even recently at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo. The event aimed to help reduce human-bear conflicts by harvesting fruit that's an attraction for bears. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
PABLO — Bears love fruit for helping them fatten up for winter hibernation, and people grow a lot of it. Ripening apples, plums and even chokecherries pose irresistible attractions that entice hungry bears dangerously close to humans...
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