Packet 10: Tossup 12

Animals of this species are the main draw of Clark’s Trading Post, (15[1])a tourist trap in Franconia Notch. (-5[1])An infestation of this species ended the radical libertarian “Free Town” (15[1]-5[1])project (15[2]-5[1])in (15[1])Grafton, (15[1]-5[6])New Hampshire. (15[1]-5[1])A legend (15[1])in which an animal of this species waits forever on a lakeshore inspired the name of a set of protected dunes in Michigan. An animal (-5[2])of this species named (15[1])“Bananas” (-5[1])is the mascot of the University of (*) Maine. The (10[1])relatively (10[1]-5[1])narrow (-5[1])faces of this species help distinguish their exceptionally white “Kermode,” as well as “cinnamon,” populations from other species west of the Rockies. (-5[2])Residents of Gatlinburg and Asheville are often troubled by the large population of this species in the Smokies, (10[1]-5[1])where backpackers try to thwart them with (-5[1])“cans.” (10[1]0[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this comparatively small North American species in the genus Ursus. ■END■ (10[13]0[2])

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