Landfill in tiny Clark a draw for grizzlies amid deadly attacks on people in region

Amid deadly attacks, Wyo. landfill draws grizzlies

CLARK, Wyo. — From a grizzly bear’s perspective, the small landfill in northwest Wyoming might smell like a buffet dinner, with dead livestock and meat processing waste among the trash.

Environmentalist Hilary Eisen with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition calls the situation in Clark “worrisome” because bears that eat trash can become dangerous. A short wire fence is all that stands between the landfill and any grizzlies drawn by the scent.

Grizzlies have killed two people within 50 miles of Clark since June. A grizzly seriously injured a man last summer a few miles from the landfill.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has trapped two grizzlies this year at the landfill near the Montana state line and moved them far away.