It's simple math, says a scientist - more roads equal fewer grizzly bears.

[scott h]

To most grizzlies up here a road IS just another piece of their habitat. They where born with them there, a road is as normal as a mountain, a river, a lake, a cut block, a pipeline.......

The only problem with that road is that it allows many more people into the area then would be there with out it being present. More people equals more pressure.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

And their behaviour is different whether they are hunted or not. It doesn't take long to adapt either way.

[boxhitch]

The one small detail thats being overlooked is the word 'activity'. Its not the roads that are the problem it is activity they bring that the bears will avoid, especially sows with cubs.
Put 'active' in front of all Claytons references to roads and the picture is different