In the 15 years (most years had 8 weeks of trips) of the Wabakimi Project, the 2-60L food barrels were always kept under the rain tarp where the cooking/eating was done. We never had any bear or animal problems. The garbage bag was also kept under the tarp. Sometimes Uncle Phil even cleaned fish at the campsite. I was surprised that we never had any problems with animals. We usually had a fire burning while the campsite was occupied, with Phil stating that when resident bears smelled smoke they associated it with wildfire and vacated the area. Perhaps the remoteness of the area and lack of contact with humans explained the lack of trouble.