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Experts stress wildlife safety after an increase in bear sightings throughout Utah.
If you were a child growing up in Northern Utah, chances are you heard the terrifying story of Old Ephraim—the fearsome grizzly bear of Logan Canyon that hunted children, small pets and livestock.
Keeping your campsite clean and not leaving food out are two keys to staying safe in black bear country. Signs are being placed to remind Utahns to store their food and keep their campsites clean. "Old Ephraim, Old Ephraim, your deeds were so wrong, Yet we build you this marker and sing you this song.
To the king of the forest so mighty and tall, we salute you, Old Ephraim, the king of them all."—poem by Nephi J. Bott, engraved on a stone monument in Cache County.
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