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| Above, a bear at Yellowstone Bear World. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
As the weather is getting warmer, grizzlies, black bears and their cubs are being seen by Teton County, Wyoming residents.
RV Travel has posted an article on keeping yourself and the bears safe and avoiding encounters.
They begin with:
Grizzly bears with cubs have begun emerging from their dens in Teton County, Wyoming. As bears become active this spring, Bear Wise Wyoming reminds residents and visitors to secure attractants of any kind and be bear aware.
Seeing a bear in its natural habitat is an awe-inspiring experience. However, living and recreating in bear country requires awareness and actions on our part to keep both bears and humans safe. As the grizzly bear population expands within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, bears continue to disperse across their historical range but also into more populated areas. All of Teton County is now in occupied grizzly bear habitat.
Properly storing all attractants to ensure a bear does not obtain a food reward is crucial to keeping bears wild. Once a bear becomes conditioned to human foods, risks to the bear and humans increase and management options become limited. Whether you have lived in Teton County for decades or are visiting the area for a day, please do your part to help protect bears.
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| Above, a mother black bear and cub in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The article goes on to provide tips on what to do.
To read more, go here.
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