by Yosemite Bear Team | Dec 30, 2019 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
It’s a simple fact that black bears spend their whole life following their stomachs, including in winter. Similar to the postman’s motto, “neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night,” keeps a bear from eating its fill. So for bears in Yosemite, winter...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Oct 4, 2019 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
You are walking along outside when you come upon a large pile of poop. How can you tell if it’s bear poop? Given the variation in their diets, bear scat from one bear can look very different from another bear. Poop from the same bear may look entirely different on...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Aug 30, 2019 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
Speed Enforcement in Effect to Help Protect Bears and Other Wildlife In preparation for a busy Labor Day Weekend, Yosemite National Park has designated several new Wildlife Protection Zones located on stretches of roadway throughout the Park where bears and other...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Mar 19, 2019 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
One of the most common questions we get when visitors see a bear in Yosemite is, “How old is that bear?” Knowing a bear’s age can help us understand a lot about its behavior and how to manage it. If a bear has been managed since it was young, we know exactly how old...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Dec 21, 2018 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
Yosemite has a long and tedious history managing bears, people, and the interactions between the two. In 1998, the park hit a record high number of bear incidents in the park with over 1,500 (documented) incidents in one year. This was a huge turning point for the...
by Yosemite Bear Team | Nov 5, 2018 | Keep Bears Wild, Yosemite National Park
On July 13, 2018, the Ferguson Fire started in the Merced River Canyon just west of Yosemite National Park. At the time the fire started, the park was experiencing peak season visitation and biologists were monitoring up to 20 different bears foraging naturally in...
