They come in for easy food like birdfeeders even if the forest hasn't been cut. Ours are mostly nocturnal, but have been seen at 7:00 am and noon. I met one that size at 7:15 pm while walking my dogs. I ended up with a separated shoulder from restraining my recent rescue. The bear came towards us for a while, then turned and headed back to the woods. This was the middle street in our area - not back by the woods. My concern is the little ones (humans) out playing after dinner.
Thinning forest is reasonable so that new growth can occur, but clear cutting to sell the wood to the co gen plant isn't, though that's on private land, not national forests.