Tag Archives: Bear

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Bears in the Backyard!

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.

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Park’s Newest and Smallest Bear

Our 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, is the auntie of this youngest bear in the Smokies. His name is Liam.

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Bear Sounds

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.

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Cades Cove Photo Tour

Enjoy these wonderful photos of Cades Cove by Russell Ledford!

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Got Any Trash?

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.”

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Bear Podcasts # 21-23

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.

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101 Uses For a Dead Bear

Bears are a big deal in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A really big deal. Teaching people about bears is a really big deal, too.       And vice versa. In fact, rangers spend a huge amount of time urging both people and bears not to love each other to death. They are engaged in an [...]