Has forest service made changes 1 year after deadly bear attack?

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Randall Jeppesen reportingIt was a Father's Day camping trip a year ago when a boy was pulled from his tent by a bear and killed in American Fork Canyon. So what has changed since then?

This year's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest "Be Bear Aware" campaign is supposed to catch your attention when you head out camping.

"We have a lot of signs that they've developed, some new brochures, some new information," said Loyal Clark, spokeswoman for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

But what has happened as a direct result from last year's bear attack that killed 11-year-old Samuel Ives? Clark says she can't comment on that. "Our policy is not to comment on pending litigation, so I won't be able to answer any of those questions," she said.

In March of this year, Ives' mother, Rebecca, said, "We would have known something was up if there was just yellow tape." She and her family then filed suit against the government for the attack.

E-mail: rjeppesen@ksl.com