I backpacked Crow Pass four times and found bear signs all the time. But bear encounters are rare and I learned that each bear is an individual and most rather avoid humans rather then eat them. And I thought it had to do with my smelly feet. If there is a rogue bear (as there may be a rogue human among us), there isn't much we can do is there? People who live in this state got the great outdoor to enjoy and play in but it come with certain risks. I feel super bad for the poor kid who got mauled to death. Just plain bad luck, being in the wrong place at the wrong time with a wrong bear. Then that geologist woman suffered the same fate the day after. Sad. Maybe what Mr. Precosky is saying is to understand the risk, take precaution and have fun. After all, people who get killed by accident while out in the great Alaska outdoor outnumbered bear victims by what.....1000 to one or something weird like that?