Anyone familiar with the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin knows this is bear country.

But with this being a free weekend to go to state parks on both sides of the border, it doesn’t hurt to hear ways to better avoid attracting a large, hungry visitor when out in the woods or on the trails.

In the Hiawatha National Forest, bears are most frequently sighted on Grand Island, so officials there have provided some best practices that certainly make good sense at other outdoor locations as well.

“In the last couple of years, we’ve seen significant bear activity near areas where people have left food and garbage out,” Brina Hinch, area manager for Grand Island National Recreation Area, said in a news release. “When bears become habituated to the presence of people, the level of risk incr

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