Excellente post Rich.
As I'm sure you can see I've never hunted bear. Getting the pov of someone who has and has seen the effects of poor management techniques is eye opening. Being mostly a whitetail hunter it's a foreign concept that baiting is the ethical way to hunt a specific animal but with the examples you provider it is clear why baiting has its place. The Maine Dept of inland fisheries and wildlife fought the ban tooth and nail as it is there most sound managment practice.