by Yosemite Bear Team | Feb 5, 2018 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
It was Independence Day weekend 2016, and Yosemite was bustling with people hiking, camping, and taking in the scenery. For most visitors, Independence Day is a welcome break, a long weekend in the middle of summer. For park staff, it’s the busiest time of year, and...
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...
by Yosemite Wild Bear Project Volunteer | Apr 1, 2017 | Keep Bears Wild
National parks exist to protect wild and inspirational places, unimpaired, for this and future generations—to create the opportunity for people to experience these regenerative natural places, for the most part, as they would be without the impact of human...