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Help Keep the Bears Wild About Us Advocacy Calendar Contact Us ... Volunteer JavaScript is not available in your browser. Shopping is disabled. [ Explain! by David H. Day We had just turned in for the second evening of our 7-day Yosemite backpack; it was a few minutes after 9:00pm, and we had been having a good conversation around the dying fire. About five minutes after zipping up our sleeping bags, I thought I heard ‘footsteps’ passing by our tent. Since there were 11 others in our group, I didn’t think too much of it; until we heard the rattle and snapping of dead branches on a tree some distance beyond our tent. We both knew instantly that what we were hearing was our bear-bag being raided. I yelled “BEAR!” and called out to the group leader to alert him. We then threw our shoes and jackets back on and piled out to see what was going on. Sure enough, a sow black bear was putting on a ‘how-to’ for her two cubs – and us. This bear bag was hung absolutely by the book; 20 feet up and 8 or so feet out on a live, strong, but thin-at-the-tip branch. With the cubs watching, she first tried to shake the branch. When that didn’t work, she tried to stretch out to reach, but it was too far out and the many dead branches were in the way. Next, she tried to bite off the branch. Finally, she climbed up to the branch above and dropped down onto the gnawed branch, breaking it off at the point she had chewed. She caught herself right away, and lead the cubs down to the ground for a snack. It took her less time to take it down than it did for me to put it up!

2. Backpacker.com - Yosemite Reports Successful Effort To 'Keep Bears Wild' Yosemite Reports Successful Effort to Keep bears wild . Leave out a bag of Fritos,and expect a 3 am wakeup call. You may think bears are wild creatures. http://www.backpacker.com/article/0,2646,1580,00.html

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Yosemite Reports Successful Effort to 'Keep Bears Wild' Leave out a bag of Fritos, and expect a 3 a.m. wake-up call By Jen Mattson , September 13, 2000 You may think bears are wild creatures. But they've been getting more and more sophisticated in recent years, adding your potato salad and beef jerky to their list of favorite appetizers. That's because some of them frequent the greatest buffet of all: California's Yosemite National Park, home to a restaurant, grocery store, and millions of snacking campers per year. But now, thanks to a three-year "Keep Bears Wild" public awareness campaign, park officials say the problem is abating. Incidents (bear interactions with people, excluding sightings) have greatly decreased. From 1998, when 1,600 occurred, they fell to 760 in 1999 and to 379 as of mid-August this year, according to Scott Gediman, Chief of Media and External Relations for Yosemite. That's good news for visitors who want to wander the park's 800 miles of trails, meandering through 761,266 acres, 93 percent of which are wilderness. Yosemite boasts magnificent waterfalls, lush meadows, and forests that seem to reach the sky, even hundreds of Giant Sequoias, the largest living things in the world. The black bears (black, brown, cinnamon, or blond in color) making their home in that lush territory have often been lured toward people because many campers store food improperly. Reversing that habit, and thereby encouraging bears to return to natural food sources, is the goal of "Keep Bears Wild," started in 1998 with a renewing yearly congressional appropriation of $500,000, sponsored by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA.

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6. DFG News: Keep Black Bears Wild And Free; Don't Let Them Eat People Food Return to list of News Releases News Release For Immediate Release June 10,2002. Keep Black bears wild and Free; Don t Let Them Eat People Food. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news02/02071.html

Return to list of News Releases News Release: For Immediate Release June 10, 2002 Keep Black Bears Wild and Free; Don't Let Them Eat People Food Contacts: Doug Updike, Senior Wildlife Biologist, (916) 445-3652 Steve Martarano, DFG Conservation Education Office, (916) 654-5866 Lorna Bernard, DFG Conservation Education Office, (916) 653-0991 Already, officials with DFG have begun receiving calls regarding bears scavenging in garbage cans, and wandering through residential neighborhoods or campsites. Although seeing a wild bear can be a unique and exciting experience, it can be unnerving when viewed under those circumstances. And more often than not, people mistakes are the biggest contributors to developing a nuisance bear. "Problems begin when bears that learn to associate an easy food supply with humans and developed areas," said Doug Updike, DFG senior wildlife biologist. "Once this happens the bear becomes habituated or conditioned to going after human food because it's easy. In the end, if people haven't changed their ways, the bear won't either." The bears who feast on human food often gain too much weight, have more cubs than normal, and become urban residents. As they get comfortable around people, their natural fear of humans can subside, resulting in breaking into homes and cars. The unfortunate result of a bear becoming habituated to human food can be death. Bears can become repeat offenders after they have lost their wildness, often causing property damage or resulting in humans fearing their close presence in their urban areas. By law, if requested, the DFG must issue a permit to have a problem bear killed.

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var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Check out the NEW Hotbot Tell me when this page is updated Here are some beautiful places for you to view. I will offer all of these pictures for you to use on your own pages. Hope that you enjoy the scenery, and maybe you will want to visit these places yourself. Slow loading again due to image pictures, please be patient..next page will be better.. Click on the pictures below, to get a larger view. Beautiful time of year when the leaves are changing. Look at this fantastic winter forest. Lets climb the rocks to the top of this mountain This pool is located in Yellowstone National Park. Yet another inspiring site in Yellowstone National Park. Why don't we take a walk through Jasper Canyon? Take a look at an impressive site known as Mt. Zion This is the view of the Canadian Mountains. These snow covered mountains are located in the Rockies. A beautiful creek located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. INDEX PAGE-2 PAGE-3 PAGE-4 ... CREDITS

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Other topics available on melodief.com: Main Page Animations Backgrounds Computers Dragons Ghosts Pooh's Corner VZones Web Rings Links If I told you, you wouldn't believe me! It's true what they say...a picture IS worth a thousand words! Sunshine Bear had a bit more nerve than I did though...but then he hadn't seen the movie "Jurassic Park"! Of course he didn't find out until afterwards that Mr. Rex here is a meat-eater! Lucky for him he had just had a big snack and wasn't the least bit hungry at the time! Me? I prefer my adventures a bit tamer than Sunshine... I don't like the idea of being a meal for whatever I am riding. Shortly after taking the picture of Sunshine, Mr. Rex decided that perhaps he could do with a little snack afterall. Good thing us bears are fast runners! By the time we got away from him, we were soooo hot and tired that a nice swim sounded really great! That's when I met my new friend...a non-bear-eating dolphin! All of that time I spent swimming at the Idol Pool really paid off! Sunshine thought he was a bit out of shape (hadn't been swimming in ages) and didn't want to risk another ride but I had a great time! 'Course it would have been a bit easier to hang on during those wild jumps if my friend here had been wearing a halter and saddle, but I managed anyway. Wild Adventures Old South Safari Egypt my DreamScape main page Home Ghosts Backgrounds Dragons Lair ... www.avaterra.com

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13. Bears If you take pets, keep them leashed. Remember, this is their home andyou are the visitor. Help Keep the Wild Rogue bears wild. Report http://www.or.blm.gov/Rogueriver/WildRogueOnly/Bears.htm

You Are In BEAR COUNTRY The black bear, found throughout the Rogue River canyon, varies in color from cinnamon to black. They generally weigh between 100 and 300 pounds and stand about 3 feet tall at the shoulder. It can be a great experience to see a black bear on the Rogue, but at a safe distance. A keen sense of smell enables bears to sniff out food you may have in camp. You are most likely to be visited by a bear in the early morning or late evening. Bears have poor eyesight, so make sure they can hear you so your encounter is not too close! If you have a problem with a bear on the Rogue River, please take the time to fill out a Bear Observation Form so the managing agencies are aware of the problem and can initiate solutions. Whether there are problems with bears in the Rogue River canyon, or not, you should always secure your food and garbage at night to discourage pests from raiding your camp. Feeding bears or allowing them access to human food can create problems Bears lose their instinctive fear of humans.

14. Alaska Wildlife Alliance - Letting Nature Run Wild The Bear Necessities Coalition (BNC), a Talkeetnabased grass roots coalition aimedat keeping bears wild and people safe, has provided an exemplary model for http://www.akwildlife.org/issues_campaigns/necessities.html

Successful Neighbors It's happening all over, and Alaska is no exception. Alaska's human population is rapidly expanding. And as more people move into natural areas, wildlife is displaced. For eons, man has responded to this pressure by exterminating those creatures that we feel "threaten" us. Now, as our technology expands to accommodate human needs, we can certainly use technology to design systems that will help us relearn how to live successfully with wildlife. Although Alaskans live with many wildlife species, bear-human conflict is of preeminent concern. Humans feel a variety of emotions toward bears, such as awe, fear, and curiosity. While many will travel long distances to view bears from the safety of their own vehicles, most people living in bear country do not want to unwittingly stumble across a bear in our backyards! It's not necessary to kill bears living in our shared habitat, but we should take appropriate steps to protect our mutual well being. The Bear Necessities Coalition (BNC), a Talkeetna-based grass roots coalition aimed at keeping bears wild and people safe, has provided an exemplary model for resolving bear-human conflict. Talkeetna, located near the Talkeetna and Susitna rivers funnels bears into this area as it is a natural corridor for wildlife travel and feeding. Citizens' mounting concerns were brought to a head in the summer of 2001. Residents would wake to find litter from bears feasting out of garbage cans at night strewn across downtown every morning. By summer's end, about a half-dozen bears had met their demise.

15. Keeping Food Away From Bears - Front Country Truly wild bears shy away from humans, but these intelligent animalslearn quickly. Keep park bears wild store food properly! http://www.nps.gov/seki/bear_fc.htm

Bears are at home in these parks. Their natural habitat is the forests and shrublands below 8000' (2438 meters) in elevation. They eat a wide variety of food grasses, insects, acorns, carrion and, all too often, human food. Truly wild bears shy away from humans, but these intelligent animals learn quickly. Just one experience with human food can change their natural behavior. Yet the bears are not to blame. Keep park bears wild store food properly! Each year black bears must be killed in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks as a direct result of human carelessness and improper food storage. Driven by their powerful sense of smell, black bears are drawn by the odors of human food. Once bears get this food, they continue to seek it out from backpacks, picnic tables, ice chests, and cars. They cause thousands of dollars in property damage searching for human food and garbage. When their instinctive fear of people fades, these unnaturally aggressive, destructive bears must be killed. Zoos do not want these bears, and moving them to another area is not a solution. Bears can only be relocated within the parks, where good bear habitat has bears already in it. The relocated bears must therefore move on to find new territory. They usually return to where they were trapped or die trying. Eventually, many of these bears must be killed. What must be stored?

16. American Grizzly Bear Photo Galleries Email jrmusgrove@att.net. Protect Grizzly Bear Habitat and Keep bears wild.Here are a few samples from the galleries listed in the left column. http://home.att.net/~agrizzly/american_grizzly_bear_photo_gall.htm

American Grizzly Bear Photo Galleries Gallery Links Utah's National Parks and Monuments (NEW) Glacier National Park Canadian Rockies Valhalla Provncl.Park, BC YellowstoneSpring 2001 ... N. Cascades, Washington Many of the pages on the American Grizzly Bear web site have always included a few images. As the number of images and content became increasingly larger, loading times became longer. Some galleries probably still have too many images and other problems that cause them to load slowly, working on that. Others will have more images added in the future. Be patient while they load. Your comments are welcome. You will note the absence of narrative, for the most part; that is another task. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the galleries. They represent scenes from some of my favorite parts of Grizzly Country in Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory. The Utah National Parks and Monuments contains photos from our May 2002 triplots of great country but none is Grizzly Country. The last grizzly bear in Utah was killed in 1923. Email: jrmusgrove@att.net

17. Conservation And Black Bear Habituation efforts to educate visitors, a better understanding of bear behavior, and the developmentof new management tools are all critical to keeping black bears wild. http://www.wcs.org/sw-around_the_globe/northamerica/yosemitebear

Section Topics List of WCS North American Projects Adirondack Communities and Conservation Program WCS in Greater Yellowstone Red Knots ... Grizzly Bear conservation in the Greater Nahanni Conservation and Black Bear Habituation HIGHLIGHTS Total Area • 3080 km² on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada range in central California Other Resident Wildlife • mountain lion • bighorn sheep • bobcat • fisher • Mount Lyell shrew • willow flycatcher • peregrine falcon • California spotted owl • great gray owl • mountain yellow-legged frog • mountain king snake Regional WCS Projects • Woodpeckers and Snag Dynamics • Sudden Oak Death and Wildlife • Riparian Restoration and Songbirds • Conservation in Salmon- Driven Ecosystems Partners • National Park Service • The Yosemite Fund • National Wildlife Research Center Contacts Sean Matthews, M.S. smatthews@wcs.org Support this Project! Contributions can be sent to: WCS Black Bear Project 2023 Stadium Dr., Suite 1A Bozeman, MT 59715 Click here to donate online Black bears in Yosemite National Park have obtained food from humans since the 1920s. Feeding of black bears has led to conflicts between humans and bears ranging from personal injury to property damage. The National Park Service implemented its Human/Bear Management Program in 1975, yet 1,500 human/black bear incidents resulting in $650,000 in property damage were recently documented in one year. WCS has been conducting research in the Yosemite Valley on human/black bear interactions in an effort to understand the components of this problem and to provide recommendations for future management improvements.

18. MrOutdoors.com - Columns A product of The Sun newspaper Search SunLink ALIGN= center . Containershelp keep bears wild in the wild. Seabury Blair Jr. Mr. Outdoors. http://www.mroutdoors.com/columns/2001/0429out.html

A product of The Sun newspaper Search SunLink: " ALIGN="center"> Containers help keep bears wild in the wild Seabury Blair Jr. Mr. Outdoors In an effort to keep black bears eating roots and berries instead of your freeze-dried Thai chicken, Olympic National Park officials have invested about $50,000 in bear-resistant containers. They'll loan you one if you're headed to the Olympic backcountry this season. While there's no charge for the containers, park rangers suggest a $3 donation to help defray costs of the program. "Our goal," says Bryan Bell, Olympic ranger who works at the park's Wilderness Information Center in Port Angeles, "is to get the containers into the hands of people who want to use them, not to make money." In fact, both backcountry and frontcountry visitors to the park have already paid for the 700 containers through entrance and permit fees. The containers can be picked up and dropped off at Olympic National Park Ranger Stations where backcountry permits are issued. Bear-resistant containers have been used with substantial success in other national parks. Hikers heading for the backcountry of Alaska's Denali have been required to carry the canisters for years.

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Tracing the Great Bear’s Footprint A guided visit to Bears: 2000 and Beyond Exploring what the grizzly means to us Recommended for Grades 7-9 Goal: -To examine environmental / ecological, spiritual / cultural, and physical / biological impact of grizzlies on our lives and our surroundings -To pursue a holistic understanding of grizzlies and our relationship with them -To explore the role values play in the health of the planet Materials: Image: life size grizzly back paw print Image: life size human footprint -Tracing paper: 2 pieces for each student -Pencils -Coloured pencils -Hard surface such as clipboard for each student -Replica grizzly and black bear claws Photograph of Skoki Stencil of grizzly paw print 1. Physical Footprints (10 Min.) 2. Spiritual/Cultural Footprints (15 min.) 3. Ecological/Environmental (15 Min.) 4. Activity (15 min.) 1. Physical Footprints (10 Min.) Purpose: -To introduce the concept of footprints as metaphor as well as a physical form -To use physical footprints as a tangible “stepping off” point to begin discussion about bears and our human relationship to them.

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Hibernation Reproduction Anatomy and Physiology Food and Feeding Habits ... Communication The story of this bear cub Learn more about bears: Hibernation Reproduction Anatomy and Physiology Food and Feeding Habits ... Communication In the fall of 1998, a young-adult female bear was captured in Yosemite Valley. She was ear tagged with tag number 2295 so she could be identified in the future. During the 1999 season, she was seen entering campsites in search of food on a regular basis. In an effort to remove her from these conflicts, she was relocated three times throughout the season. Unfortunately, she returned to the campgrounds of Yosemite Valley within a week of each relocation. As the winter season approached and human activity in the campgrounds decreased, she entered her den to have her first cub. She emerged from her den in late March with her male cub, who would become known as bear 3000. Unfortunately, even with her cub to care for, 2295 continued to search for food incampgrounds. Both rangers and visitors attempted to scare her and her cub out of campgrounds on a nightly basis. However, the temptation of easy, calorie-rich food was greater than her fear of people. Her fear of people diminished and she became more and more aggressive. For example, in the spring of 2000, she scared visitors away from their food several times, and bluffed charged people at least 6 different times.

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