Firearms may be carried in the Park and Preserve and may be discharged legally in defense of life and property. Visitors should carry firearms responsibly.

• Do not let firearms give you a false sense of security
• Firearms do not take the place of appropriate precautions in bear country
• Visitors should carry other means of defense (e.g., bear spray) that can be deployed prior to use of the firearm
• Individuals carrying firearms must be trained and skilled in their use
• Visitors will be held accountable for the inappropriate discharge of a firearm or unjustifiable wounding or killing of wildlife
• Those unskilled with firearms are probably safer without one