Officials trying to trap bear at Sand Harbor
Nevada State Parks and Nevada Department of Wildlife have set up a bear trap at Sand Harbor.
The need to trap the animal is because it has been getting into garbage at the popular Lake Tahoe beach.
The animal has had easy pickings because dumpsters have not been closed properly and have been overflowing, according to reports.
The state park is open from dawn to dusk, giving animals ample opportunity to forage for human food since the bins are not emptied every night.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Geez, what would be the smart and correct action here ?
Make sure the bins are secure every evening and emptied when necessary ! People are always the problem and in this case, those in charge are the problem. Fire and hire new !
Governor Sandoval two of your state agencies have been working hand in hand to completely disregard every guideline issued in your “July is Bear Logic Month” proclamation. Your proclamation speaks of NV Dept of Wildlife taking a proactive role to mitigate human/bear interactions, and suggest that humans take responsibility and secure any attractants from being accessible by bears. Both NDOW and the NV State Park at Sand Harbor have been epic failures by those standards! A third trap in 6 weeks sits there in the parking lot as I type, while close at hand are overflowing trash bins that have been documented on a daily basis. One young bear was trapped and killed in early June while nothing has been done to secure the overflowing trash problem, which could be easily fixed.
I’ll finish with one question for you Governor. How many bears must die before someone steps in and takes control of a situation spiraling out of control?
This is not a bear problem. It is a State Parks, State Park staff and public education problem. Nevada can go South just a bit to Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks and see how the bear problem has been pretty much resolved with much larger crowds and a much larger bear population. Perhaps better bear proof garbage cans and dumpsters. Perhaps more of them. Better yet, have the refuse company in Incline do a daily run to empty them.