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8B – Daily News – Monday, August 23, 2010 Mark's Fitness -Private Personal Training -Public Fitness Classes (Spin & other classes TBD) Opening Sept. 1st WANTED: Fitness Instructors Call: (530) 941-2832 821 Walnut St. Recently expanded and moved near Bidwell Elementary License # 525405817 (530) My qualifications include: B.A. in Elementary Education and experience teaching grades K-8. Accepting state pay programs & cash pay, etc. 209-8743 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Barber Shop $ Cheers 600 Open 6 days 570-2304 259 S. Main St. Tractor Supply Center Senior Cuts Watch out for Yellowstone bears — they’re hungry BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellow- stone’s grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dan- gerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area’s deadliest on record. Scientists report that a favorite food of many bears, nuts from whitebark pine cones, is scarce. So as grizzlies look to put on some major pounds in preparation for the long winter ahead, scientists say, they will be looking for another source of protein — meat — and running into trouble along the way. Wildlife managers already report bears coming down off the mountains and into areas frequented by hunters, berry pickers and hikers. ‘‘Pack your bear spray: there’s going to be run-ins,’’ said grizzly researcher Chuck Schwartz with the U.S. Geological Survey. Two people have been fatally mauled by grizzlies so far this year in Wyoming and Montana. Experts said that’s the most in one year in at least a century for the Yellowstone region, which also includes parts of Idaho. The bears in both instances were later killed. Full-grown Yellowstone bears can stand 6 feet tall and top 600 pounds. They have been known to peel off a man’s face with a single swipe of their massive, clawed paws. In the latest attack, a Michigan man was killed and two others injured when an under- nourished bear and her three cubs marauded through a crowded campground near Cooke City, Mont. on July 28. A month earlier, a botanist from Cody, Wyo. was killed by a bear shortly after the animal woke up from being tranquilized by researchers. And it’s not just humans at risk. Yellowstone’s grizzlies were recently ordered back onto the threatened species list by a federal judge who cited in part a decline in whitebark pine. Beetles, apparently sur- viving winters in larger numbers due to less frequently freezing temperatures, have deci- mated vast stands of the high-altitude trees. In some areas studied by researchers, more than 70 percent of trees have been killed. While bears aren’t starving, the loss of whitebark is driving increasing numbers of conflicts with humans. ‘‘Every year is now a bad year for white- bark pine,’’ said Louisa Wilcox with the Natural Resources Defense Council. ‘‘We can expect more conflicts and we are getting it.’’ Government scientists said the two fatal maulings came too early in the year for whitebark pine to have played a role. Bears typically don’t start gorging themselves on the troves of pine nuts that are stashed by squirrels until mid-August. But the attacks highlighted the hazards of a region that is home to an estimated 580 grizzlies and visited by more than 3 million people a year. – Thank You – thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. • ROSE HABLITZEL, ENROLLED AGENT • RED BLUFF INTERIORS • LP BUILDING PRODUCTS • STATE FARM INS, KEITH THOMAS • TEHAMA ESTATES • CALIFORNIA WALNUT CO., INC. • AIRPORT AUTO REPAIR • KAY STEPHENS, MD • QRC D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 • GREENWASTE OF TEHAMA • BRETNEY SUTTERFIELD • HOYT-COLE CHAPEL OF THE FLOWERS • TEHAMA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS • SUSANNE WHALEN, DMD INC • PLACER TITLE CO. Through the Newspapers in Education program, area classrooms receive the Red Bluff Daily News every day NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION Please help sponsor a classroom subscription Call Kathy at (530) 527-2151 to find out how. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5