Sorry folks, but yes, this is poop. While walking in a state park in Whitefish MT my friend and I saw more and more of these fresh piles that were from a bear but until we saw the old apple orchard in the forested park we had a hard time figuring out what it had eaten. There was so much of it that you'd think a herd of bears had gorged themselves and may well have. It did make us nervous and we didn't stay long. However, I'd say the bears probably weren't hungry.