Yosemite National Park publishes a daily report, page 2 of the current edition (Monday, September 14, 2009) lists the damages caused by bear activity.

The year to date table:

# of Incidents                           Damage
Parking Lots                                  70                                          $43,582
Campgrounds                               173                                          $ 7,129
Other Areas                                  166                                           $ 9,969
Backcountry                                 27                                            $ 2,106
Total                                              436                                          $62,786

You have to wonder how much of this damage is really caused by park visitors being sloppy with food storage.

It appears these figures are a dramatic improvement because the report states that in 1998, Yosemite bears “caused” over $600,000 in damage.