Tag Archives: Black Bear

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Bears Gotta Be Careful Too!

This is a picture taken by Ann Froschauer of a bear being careful not to fall into the water as he hops on rocks. Ann spotted the bear while hiking with Missy Kane and the Friends of the Smokies on Old Sugarlands Trail.

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Unsuccessful Bear Trapping and Other News

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 [...]

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
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.

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
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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Bear Podcasts # 16-20

Click here for #16. How Bears Learn to Break Into Cars
Click here for #17. How Bears Learn to Get Into Dumpsters.
Click here for #18. A Famous Bear Escapade Inside a Dumpster.
Click here for #19. Bear # 75, the Most Famous Bear in the Smokies.
Click here for #20. Bear Blooper # [...]

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First Bear Blooper + 3 New Podcasts Loaded!

For the first of Kim Delozier’s hilarious tales of black bear encounters gone awry, click here, and you’ll see we’ve loaded 3 other new podcasts about black bears to go along with the Bear Blooper!

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3 More Bear Pocasts Loaded

Learn and laugh with Kim Delozier, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, as he teaches about bears.