Comments on: Bear tunnels

By: Critter

Critter — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:27:35 +0000

i think we’re missing a real opprotunity here. we could entice any remaining occupiers into the tunnels, with, say, the promise of free stuff and a bed for the night, and then the bears would just happen along….

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:19:13 +0000

I guess if there’s any money left over they could provide all the bears with bow ties and pick-a-nick baskets.

By: Javelina Bomb

Javelina Bomb — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:57:15 +0000

Are you sure they’re not bear cannons because they’re actually pretty similar. All that’s missing is some propellant.

By: macko

macko — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:27:45 +0000

One thing for sure is that it will make it a lot easier to find a place to set up a tree stand

By: SkyWatch

SkyWatch — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:19:44 +0000

Bears have noses. They would never enter a hippie den.

By: Keln

Keln — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:47:24 +0000

To get the bears to use the tunnels, they should put hippies in them.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:27:48 +0000

Yes, Sir Manolo, they DID survey the bears and they found that 57% of them approved of the tunnels as long as they would be cleaned often by human workers carrying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

By: Manolo

Manolo — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:01:00 +0000

“Bear” is a euphemism for “homeless people.”

By: Manolo

Manolo — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:00:07 +0000

Did they survey the bears and ask them if they were willing to use the tunnels?

By: CTCompromise

CTCompromise — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:48:59 +0000

If it’s anything like the gazzilion dollar “Big Dig” in Boston (and since it is a government/union job, I expect it will be..) it will not only be way late and way over budget..but once opened, the falling tiles will kill more bears than any vehicles have.

By: NO_MO_BAMA

NO_MO_BAMA — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:31:19 +0000

So how soon after they finish these (20+years in union time)will someone decide there’s too many bears and spend another $60 million to …..relocate them?….kill them? fill in the tunnels so they get killed the old fashioned way? Eliminate the road, those bears are ~~indians~~ NATIVE AMERICANS!!!!

By: AT

AT — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:28:56 +0000

Oh my god it’s really happening. First it’s tunnels. Then it’s fortresses. Then it’s death camps. Then we must capitulate to our new Ursidae Overlords!

NO. I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS! WE MUST SABOTAGE THESE TUNNELS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:07:03 +0000

This is really going to have a negative impact on the thriving “Road Kill Cafe” industry in Georgia. Think of all those poor “Kill-n-Grill” workers losing their jobs!!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:55:20 +0000

These are the steward of tax payer dollars? Maybe they could not find enough deadbeats to give the money to.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:51:36 +0000

Basil, Frank (I think) is some guy who, years ago, used to make me spew coffee on my keyboard and monitor. It was before Obama, I think, when there was still light at the end of the tunnel! (Yay – I stayed on topic!)

By: CTCompromise

CTCompromise — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:55:56 +0000

And nay-sayers claim the stimulus money was wasted on “pork” projects…..How much would “Bear Crossing” signs cost !??

By: CTCompromise

CTCompromise — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:54:38 +0000

Scientists have also placed remote cameras near current bridges along State Route 96 to monitor the bears’ movement.
“We’re getting pictures of bobcats and deer and all kinds of other species,” (UGA wildlife ecologist Mike) Chamberlain said.

Somehow, I suspect the A.C.L.U. is already planning a lawsuit on behalf of innocent victims being spied on by the government.

By: CTCompromise

CTCompromise — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:52:40 +0000

My favorite quote from the @2 link “Even if you are not in favor of wildlife conservation, which a major part of this project is, would you want to hit a 400 lbs alligator with your car at night or have a turtle the size of a cinder block come through your windshield.” Turtles come through WINDSHIELDS??!! Which one? Donatello?

By: Tommy the Towelhead

Tommy the Towelhead — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:43:56 +0000

The bears will quickly learn how to get other animals to enter the tunnel. Then the state will rename it a feeding station.

By: SkyWatch

SkyWatch — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:18:48 +0000

They will have to put signs up all over the place pointing towards the tunnels so the bears know that is where they should cross.

By: RedMindBlueState

RedMindBlueState — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:54:27 +0000

Reminds me of the proposal back in the late 90′s to build highway overpasses for the squirrel population in some part of Washington state.

By: Basil

Basil — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:52:41 +0000

Jimmy:
Who is Frank?

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:37:04 +0000

Speaking of tunnels, where the hell is Frank?

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:31:31 +0000

Next phase of the project? Another 60 million used to train bears to recognize and use bear tunnels.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:22:26 +0000

I suspect this is a result of Florida’s turtle tunnels being such a rousing success:

http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/48278457.html