Thanks to the bravery of 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, we have these wonderful photos of the even braver wildlife ranger, Dan Nolfi, examining a bear he’d captured after the bear become overly interested in eating human food. The poor girl weighed just 70 pounds and had a low body fat (not as healthy for [...]
Smoky Mountain black bears are pretty active in July, and the national park’s really awesome wildlife management team has been kind enough to let me tag along with them: they even invited me to meet them at the trailhead (undisclosed trail) at 5:30 a.m. this morning to go check a bear trap, which they’d set [...]
Sue, wife of GSMA Executive Director, Terry Maddox, took these photos of a mother bear and her three (3!!) cubs in their backyard yesterday afternoon.
“I’m Rabbit’s Foot,” he says. “That’s my trail name.” He’s an AT thru-hiker, tall, with straight, sun-bleached blond hair and a tan that highlights his light blue eyes. He’d spent the night in town and was standing alongside the road, hoping to hitch a ride back to the AT when my boss picked him up [...]
Our 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, is the auntie of this youngest bear in the Smokies. His name is Liam.
For amazing and educational recordings of various black bear sounds, please check out these 2 wonderful sites: www.CoveBear.com/BlackBearVoices.htm www.bear.org/Kids/Sounds.html Now I won’t be so surprised if I ever hear a bear. If I hadn’t listened to the recordings on these 2 excellent sites, I think any noise they made would have shocked and terrified me.
Check out this junk food lover caught by Chuck Cooper of DLIA (Discover Life in America) near Twin Creeks! This fellow is in for a stern lecture from the rangers!! And we thought only Yogi was “smarter than your average bear.”
Click here for #21. Bear Blooper # 2: What To Do If a Bear Wakes Up in Your Office. Click here for #22. There’s a Bear in My Apple Tree! Click here for #23. Bear Blooper # 3: Skydiving Cub.