Poor Risk Management, IMHO, on the part of the Forrest Service. If it is predictable it is preventable. Given the bear's previous behavior and the Forrest Service was concerned enough to start a hunt for the bear why not warn others to help prevent what did happen. At the very least it is the common sense thing to do.

Looks like the Judge assigned a fair portion of the blame to the family.

So, I will be the first to say, on its face, the ruling seems reasonable to me.