Other benfits to baiting that you don' t hear that often is that prividing an alternate food source for the bears in the spring will keep a good number of bears off elk, moose, caribou and deer calves while they are finding ample food at a bait station. This in turn helps the caving survival rate and helps replenish populations of ungulates in areas that are hit hard with bear predation. We attempted to get grizzly baiting passed in areas that were in dire need of it, but the board of game didn' t let that fly since it would of been a public relations nightmare for them. I know they thought it was a great idea for the area however. Maybe in two years when the moose, caribou and sheep populations crash even more, they will allow it if it is still legal nationwide.