by Yosemite Bear Team | Mar 1, 2025 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Wild Bear Project
2025 Total Bear Incidents: 6 2025 Total Property Damage: $394 Bear Incident Comparisons (year to date—previous years compared to 2025): Last year (2024) up by six incidents—there were no incidents at this time last year. Most Incidents (1998) – up by six...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 23, 2024 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
2024 Total Bear Incidents: 19 2024 Total Property Damage: $760 Bear Incident Comparisons (year to date—previous years compared to 2024): Last year (2023) – up by 27% Most Incidents (1998) – down by 95% Fewest Incidents (2019) – up by 58% Bear...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 9, 2024 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
2024 Total Bear Incidents: 10 2024 Total Property Damage: $585 Bear Incident Comparisons (year to date—previous years compared to 2024): Last year (2023) – down by 9% Most Incidents (1998) – down by 97% Fewest Incidents (2019) – Equal Bear Activity...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Sep 4, 2021 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
Visitors to Yosemite Valley last fall were more likely than usual to see a bear during their trip. Acorns dropping from Yosemite Valley’s black oaks were perfectly timed with black bears entering hyperphagia, a period when bears are looking for big calorie boosts (up...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 29, 2021 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
https://keepbearswild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/haze-a-bear.mp4 Here’s the situation: you are hanging out at your campsite or on a picnic area beach in Yosemite, when you hear a branch crack behind you. You turn around to find a bear approaching. What do...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Jul 16, 2021 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
We get this call a lot. Too much, to be honest. “Bear hit by vehicle, dead on the side of the road.” Sadly, it’s become routine. I log the coordinates into my phone, gather the equipment I may need, and head to the location. This call came in cold; it sounds like the...
