From Deseret News archives:
Grandfather of bear victim blames feds for 'surreal nightmare'
"We're hoping that the Forest Service will do a better job protecting campers," Eldon Ives told reporters at a news conference on his front lawn.
Ives said his daughter and son-in-law were too distraught over the death of the boy, Sam Ives, to answer any questions.
Authorities said they dispatched dogs after the first bear attack on a group of campers at dawn Sunday. That search turned futile in the heat of the day. The fatal attack on another group of campers came at the same primitive camp site just before midnight Sunday.
Wildlife officials are confident the same bear was involved in both attacks, said Scott Root, a manager for the state Division of Wildlife Resources.
The Forest Service said it didn't know enough about the first attack to warrant an aggressive warning or to shut down a makeshift camp amid a sprawling backcountry.
"There's incidents and there's attacks. If we started closing sites down because of incidents, we might as well just lock up the public land," acting District Ranger John Logan said Tuesday.
"We can't 'sign' every backcountry camp" with a warning, said Logan, who manages the Pleasant Grove district of the Uinta National Forest. "There's bears everywhere. Where do you stop?"
Logan said the Forest Service manages the land, but leaves predator control to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and responsibility for wildlife to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Utah County sheriff's deputies responded first to the fatal mauling.
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