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According to their population, I don't think the bears in this state are having any trouble finding food. I was talking about commercial berry picking and a lot of ethical small business people have built up their businesses over decades which depend on hucks.
Quote from: pianoman9701 on January 19, 2026, 09:54:22 AMAccording to their population, I don't think the bears in this state are having any trouble finding food. I was talking about commercial berry picking and a lot of ethical small business people have built up their businesses over decades which depend on hucks. Agree that I don't think commercial harvest is hurting bears! But it had been mentioned. I do hate the thought of hurting small business that sell huckleberry products, but allowing that in a regulated way sure gets complicated. FWIW, my kids and I picked and sold huckleberries one summer when there was a bumper crop. Good experience for them to manage it as their business, with me as the only one with a driver's license.
Cancelling berry picking is a lot like liberal gun control. Some abuse the law so let's restrict everyone, right? Make the laws so expensive to break that for some, they'll be a deterrent and for the others, make enough income that the FS can afford to investigate and enforce them. Then the local businesses, ethical pickers and buyers don't suffer needlessly.
