A popular campground in Colorado’s White River National Forest has taken the proactive and unusual step of banning tents and all other soft-sided shelters to keep campers safe from bears.⁠ ⁠ The U.S. Forest Service enacted the tent ban at Difficult Campground on Wednesday, after a black bear scratched at a tent there with two young children inside it. The incident took place at night on June 9 at the public campground, which is located in the mountains east of Aspen and is managed by hosts with American Land and Leisure. (The private company contracts with the federal government to oversee a number of Forest Service campgrounds in Colorado and other states.) The campground hosts said the bear left puncture marks on the tent but did not get inside, where a young boy and girl, both under the ages of 12, were sleeping. Their parents, who were in another tent next to them, didn’t learn about the incident until they woke up Tuesday morning.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ...