Fishing Buddies?

Not often does one find a Brown (aka Grizzly) Bear and a wolf fishing across from each other on the same river. These amazing shots of a wolf fishing in the interior of Katmai National Park were taken at Brooks River Falls.Photo credit: Paul Stins...

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Giving Voice to Bear

The role of the bear has always been prominent in American Indian initiation and healing ceremonies, in shamanic rites, in the quest for guardian spirits, and in many dances. This photo is of a Bear Ceremony by northern Paiute people taken in 1967 at Jamestown, California.All across North America, Indians have honored...

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Roads are NOT 'A Bears Best Friend'

The building of new roads in wilderness areas are a major threat to the conservation of bear habitat. Montana Forest Service and Environmental groups have found a compromise on fire safety plans and grizzly habitat. In a court ruling July 30, 2007, a judge upheld a motion for protecting grizzly bear habitat by restricting...

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Brother Bear sends Thanks

It�s Sienna�s Birthday. Instead of getting presents she has asked all of her friends to make a donation to the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project. She is three years old and is having a Brother Bear Birthday theme.We bears hope you have the best birthday ever Sienna.photo (c) Matthew Felton. www.matthewfelton.c...

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Keepin 'em Wild

40 Concrete Elementary School students submitted entries for the Upper Skagit Bear Smart Poster Contest. There were so many creative and colorful posters to choose from that it was apparent that everyone was a winner. Entries were received from the K-3 students and from Grades 4-6. Here are some examples of posters that...

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Wild Bee Swarm

We all know that bears like honey. Winnie the Pooh was addicted to the stuff. Bears get their honey from wild bee hives or by raiding a bee keepers� hive. Bee keepers can protect their hives from bears by surrounding them with electric fencing.Wild bees live in hollow trees. From time to time the queen bee decides to...

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