Overnight camping on part of the Appalachian Trail has been temporarily closed due to aggressive bear behavior. The United States Forest Service in North Carolina said camping from Tanyard Gap to Deep ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — Appalachian Trail campers, be aware of black bears. The Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service is closing camping access at a site along the Appalachian Trail due to a ...

Officials have closed part of the Appalachian Trail to camping due to reports of aggressive bears approaching hikers, following several similar closures over the past few years. The Appalachian Trail ...

Past overnight camping bans along Appalachian Trail have been put in place when bears wandered into occupied camps in search of food and defied attempts to frighten them away, McClatchy News reported.

The ban comes as black bears on the Appalachian Trail have become increasingly bold in recent years. Unusually aggressive bears have led to a camping ban along a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — Another report of an aggressive bear has closed camping on a section of the Appalachian Trail. The U.S. Forest Service said an aggressive bear was reported at the No Business ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Abingdon Gap Shelter along the Appalachian Trail has been closed to camping after reports of an aggressive bear. A release from the U.S. Forest Service states that ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- U.S. Forest Service officials in North Carolina said Thursday, May 11, that a section of the Appalachian Trail is temporarily closed to overnight camping due to "recent aggressive ...

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HOT SPRINGS, N.C. – After shaking off their winter slowdown, a number of Western North Carolina bears are perhaps a little cranky and acting more aggressively than usual. The U.S. Forest Service has ...