by Yosemite Bear Team | Nov 20, 2025 | Bear Facts
2025 Total Bear Incidents: 34 incidents; bears obtained trash 16 additional times 2025 Total Property Damage: $4,277 Bear Incident Comparisons (year to date—previous years compared to 2025): Last year (2024) – up by 3% Most Incidents (1998) – down by 98%...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Nov 10, 2025 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
The best way to protect bears and other wildlife from losing their wildness is by preventing them from getting human food and trash in the first place. One of the most important ways you can protect bears in Yosemite is by using bear-resistant food storage lockers...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Oct 1, 2025 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
Why do Yosemite wildlife biologists capture bears in Yosemite and what do they do when they catch a bear? Wildlife biologists may trap or dart a bear for many reasons, but the most common reason in Yosemite National Park is to manage human-bear conflict. Bears that...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 29, 2025 | Bear Facts
2025 Total Bear Incidents: 30 2025 Total Property Damage: $4,111 Bear Incident Comparisons (year to date—previous years compared to 2025): Last year (2024) – up by 43% Most Incidents (1998) – down by 92% Fewest Incidents (2019) – up by 150%...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 10, 2025 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
Bears are up and moving in Yosemite National Park! They have been spotted moving around from the Sierra Nevada foothills to Tuolumne Meadows in the high Sierra. Bears typically emerge from hibernation in March or April in Yosemite depending on food availability,...
