Round 10: Tossup 12

Animals of this species are the main draw of Clark’s Trading Post, a tourist trap in Franconia Notch. An infestation of this species ended the radical libertarian “Free Town” project in Grafton, (-5[1])New Hampshire. (-5[1])A legend 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 of this species named “Bananas” is the mascot of the University of (*) Maine. The (10[1])relatively 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. Residents of Gatlinburg and Asheville are often troubled by the large population of this species in the Smokies, (10[1])where backpackers try to thwart them with “cans.” For 10 points, name this comparatively small North American species in the genus Ursus. ■END■ (10[1])

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