Millions of people live in or near bear habitat across the Rockies, where widespread drought has reduced supplies of nuts, berries and plants that bears eat. That’s prompting the animals to roam far and wide for food.

Millions of people live in or near bear habitat across the Rockies, where widespread drought has reduced supplies of nuts, berries and plants that bears eat. That’s prompting the animals to roam far and wide for food. ↧ Parched summer in the Rockies sends hungry bears into urban areas “Bears aren’t necessarily behaving any differently but they are definitely increasing their activity in the places that they’re looking for food,” said a state wildlife officer.