by Yosemite Bear Team | Jan 4, 2018 | KeepBearsWild, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Wild Bear Project
It’s January, but Yosemite has only seen a small amount of snow. So where are the bears? Are they hibernating yet? The answer might be more complex than you’d expect. Hibernation in black bears is dependent on food availability – meaning that once a bear is...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Apr 2, 2017 | Keep Bears Wild
When visitors see us moving a bear trap in Yosemite National Park, they often ask: “So…where are you taking that bear?” When we discover a black bear obtaining human food and damaging property in Yosemite, we capture it to identify it and usually attach a...
