Poor berry crop pushes hungry bears near humans

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2010 photo, a young black bear falls from a tree safely into a net after being darted with a tranquilizer near downtown Missoula, Mont. It's that time of year again in the Intermountain West, when the lumbering beasts are piling on the calories to prepare for the winter ahead and hibernation. But finding enough food isn't easy. As a result, some communities are seeing more bears poking through garbage or nosing around backyard orchards. State wildlife agents have been kept busy, advising people to put away bird feed, stow trash and keep any other smelly objects under wraps. (AP Photo/Missoulian, Kurt Wilson)