bears

Visitors to Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests must keep food in bear-resistant containers while in developed areas.

The animals lost their federal protections but had them restored in 2018.

The bears are classified as a threatened species.

The state is home to the largest grizzly populations in the U.S. outside Alaska.

Forest officials say they're reviewing the notice.

The park holds the hunt to control elk numbers.

Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species in the U.S., except in Alaska.

The zoo was the subject of protests for housing a polar bear that died in 2016.

Last month, a state biologist said it was too early to say whether the recovery zone grizzly deaths were alarming or even a trend.

More than 4 million people visit the 3,400-square-mile park each year.