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Hard pass there.Leshippy wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:09 am According to him you have to use a locker or a hard sided container.
Unless they've been moved---no trivial task, since they're like 200 pounds each---there are two bear lockers at Feldtmann, just diabolically well-hidden. See my Moosewatch trip report from last year (I'll come back and edit to add a link after dinner) for details!dr_nixon wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 2:35 pm We'll be on island in June, and from the NPS site only place we plan to overnight that doesn't have a bear locker is Feldtmann.
I have not heard anything official that puts all the pieces together but my estimation is they are trying more "desperate" restriction measures to save the couple of wolves that have gotten too aggressive.The measures are not so much for the protection of humans as much as protecting the wolves. The race is on to retrain or remove the bold ones before others learn and accept the same behaviors. Returning a single wolf to the mainland has risks all it's own.S_R_L wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:00 amHard pass there.Leshippy wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:09 am According to him you have to use a locker or a hard sided container.
More solutions looking for problems to solve.
Since they won't even enforce the most basic rules I don't know why they bother with things like this.
That's the general take on interpreting the latest rules, no Ursack allowed. There's a big potential contradictory issue since the Ursacks are on the official, approved list, BUT the accompanying qualifier text that I think is meant to disqualify Ursacks is too vague. It says "Soft-sided containers, such as mesh or dry bags, are not an approved storage container on Isle Royale.". These two soft sided bags types are explicitly called out and neither are Ursacks.Dogger wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 11:08 am Sounds like the $325 I spent last year for 2 XXL ursacks was a waste. Large hard side containers do not work good with my kayak. Might have to do more mail drops and not take 14 days of food for a trip.
Could be a new reality TV show: "Diabolically Well-hidden: The search for food lockers on Isle Royale." The finder ironically wins a bear vault.torpified wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:00 pmUnless they've been moved---no trivial task, since they're like 200 pounds each---there are two bear lockers at Feldtmann, just diabolically well-hidden. See my Moosewatch trip report from last year (I'll come back and edit to add a link after dinner) for details!dr_nixon wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 2:35 pm We'll be on island in June, and from the NPS site only place we plan to overnight that doesn't have a bear locker is Feldtmann.
