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Wildlife groups urge townwide attractant rules as public raises traffic and precedent concerns for Nelson Drive housing
Summary
Wildlife advocates urged the Jackson council to expand the human-bear conflict zone across town and invest in bear-resistant infrastructure; public commenters at the Nelson Drive hearing raised traffic, wildlife corridor and precedent concerns. Council acknowledged the bear-safety argument and noted it will be considered alongside other planning questions.
Representatives of Wiley Wildlife Advocates and a Jackson-based bear-safety program urged the council Dec. 1 to expand the town's human-bear conflict zone to cover the entire municipal boundary and to adopt uniform attractant-management rules.
Kristen Collins, executive director of Wiley Wildlife Advocates, told the council that recent conflict patterns show decreases in grizzly conflicts but increases in…
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