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Explain how the changes that were made in Glacier after "the night of the grizzlies" support the National Park Service's founding mission: to protect wild places and the creatures that live there.

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Following the killing of two visitors to the Glacier National park in August, 1967, an investigation was launched into the killing of the women, namely, Julie Helgeson and Michele Koons, by the bears. It was discovered that the main factor that triggered the bears into the killing was the garbage being dumped at the park. To correct this anomaly, an effort was launched by the Chief Ranger to collect and dispose all garbage in the park. An enormous amount of garbage was discarded. A pack in - pack out policy was also implemented which meant that anyone who brought in anything to the back country was expected to also take it out. These changes support the National Park Service's founding mission: to protect wild places and the creatures that live there, because,

1. By cleaning up the park of garbage, the park (wild places) was made safer for visitors.

2. The bears (creatures that live there) are protected from extinction or poaching while not allowing them to be detrimental to humans.

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