Overnight camping has been prohibited along more than 20 miles of the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina because of threats posed by bears. Among the incidents: A hiker was bitten by a bear in Great ...

The ban comes as black bears on the Appalachian Trail have become increasingly bold in recent years. Unusually aggressive bears have led to a camping ban along a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in ...

Overnight camping on part of the Appalachian Trail has been temporarily closed due to aggressive bear behavior. The United States Forest Service in North Carolina said camping from Tanyard Gap to Deep ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — Appalachian Trail campers, be aware of black bears. The Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service is closing camping access at a site along the Appalachian Trail due to a ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — Another report of an aggressive bear has closed camping on a section of the Appalachian Trail. The U.S. Forest Service said an aggressive bear was reported at the No Business ...

(WJHL) — A section of the Appalachian Trail in Northeast Tennessee has been closed to camping due to bear activity. The Cherokee National Forest says camping is not allowed between Double Springs ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Abingdon Gap Shelter along the Appalachian Trail has been closed to camping after reports of an aggressive bear. A release from the U.S. Forest Service states that ...

Unusually aggressive bears have led to a camping ban along a stretch of the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina this spring. The ban comes amid a flurry of online reports from hikers who have ...

Past overnight camping bans along Appalachian Trail have been put in place when bears wandered into occupied camps in search of food and defied attempts to frighten them away, McClatchy News reported.