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Bears with cubs are emerging from dens in Teton County - NPS
Bears with cubs are emerging from dens in Teton County We need your help to secure attractants NPS Photo/C. Adams JACKSON, WY— Grizzly bears with cubs have begun emerging from their dens in Teton County. As bears become active this spring, BearWise Jackson Hole reminds residents and visitors to secure attractants of any kind and be bear aware. Seeing a bear in its natural habitat is an awe-inspiring experience. However, living and recreating in bear country requires awareness and actions on our part to keep both bears and humans safe. As the grizzly bear population expands within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, bears continue to disperse across their historical range but also into more populated areas. All of Teton County is now in occupied grizzly bear habitat. Properly storing all attractants to ensure a bear does not obtain a food reward is crucial to keeping bears wild. Once a bear becomes conditioned to human foods, risks to the bear and h...
Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear sighting of 2022 - NPS
Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear sighting of 2022 Grizzly bear NPS/Neal Herbert News Release Date: March 8, 2022 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On Monday, March 7, a pilot supporting Yellowstone National Park wildlife research observed the first grizzly bear of 2022. The adult bear was seen walking in a meadow in the west-central part of the park. The first bear sighting of 2021 occurred on March 13. Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively to encounters with people when feeding on carcasses. All of Yellowstone National Park is bear country: from the deepest backcountry to the boardwalks around Old Faithful. Protect yourself and the bears people come here to enj...