Ryan Miller’s Reviews > Do (Not) Feed the Bears: The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone > Status Update

WWII were lean years for the NPS - prior to war highest Yellowstone season was 1941 - 581,761

Parks / roads / facilities left to dilapidate due to wartime shortages

Visitation topped 1MM in 1948

Park administration torn between giving public exposure to bears like they want but not encouraging hand feeding & resulting injuries...confusion about literature & what to say

As attendance declined during depression, bears didn’t get as much to eat at feeding grounds and sought out campers more