Spence Field Reported Close After Bear Bites Through Hiker Through Tent

[TNshadetree]

I haven't seen detailed information concerning how long this closure will be, but here is a link to the story.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/appal...bear/185579577

[Starchild]

There is currently another thread about this here: http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...okies-WBIR-com

[HooKooDooKu]

A typical closure seems to last about a month to give time for a problem bear to disassociate a specific campsite with access to food.
But if additional measures are taken (such as the bear is killed or relocated outside the park), they might reopen a site soon there-after.
But otherwise, the National Park Service doesn't make it a habit of announcing any detailed plans of when a closed site will be reopened.