Yosemite Blog

Category: Bears

  • A Bear Release Gone Bad

    Reader Carrie sent in these photos of a bear release gone bad. No, this isn’t Yosemite but it’s a great example why your job isn’t so bad. Click on the photo to view a larger image. Ouch! Thanks for passing that along, Carrie.

  • Put Your Food in the Bear Locker

    B & E (Breaking and Entering) bear struck in Camp 4 demolishing several cars. Photo by Jeffrey Trust. Jeffrey Trust not only gets to do the web stuff for Yosemite National Park, but he gets to work with bears too. In fact, he loves working with the bears and frequently writes about them on his…

  • A Bear Around Every Corner (video)

    Here’s a really cool video of a bear that decided to model for a bunch of hikers the other day in Yosemite. He seems to be as interested in the crowd as they are in him. So the question is, what is he thinking? I’m going to say he’s looking at all the visitors with…

  • 20 18 Bears Killed by Speeding Cars So Far and the Busiest Tourist Weekend of the Summer is Right Around the Corner

    Speeding cars barrel past a sign warning them to slow down in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Kai Schreiber. I just answered an email from reader Carrie who said, “A Yosemite park ranger told me yesterday that the park has lost 15 bears already this year due to careless drivers. Is this true?” (Authors note:…

  • What If There Were No Bears In Yosemite?

    A mother black bear (sow) and her cubs in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Steve Ryan. We don’t think much about our bears until they’re breaking into your car or stealing food off your picnic table. But what if there were no bears left in Yosemite? What if this wondrous part of Yosemite, the icon…

  • Bear Found Sleeping In Car – With All Doors and Windows Closed!

    Jeffrey Trust twittered this a few days ago now he finally has up pictures of the incident. Jeffrey Trust: So, it seems that once he found himself inside the car, he tried to get out, but wasn’t able to figure out the inside door latch (hence “smart(ish)”). So, he left a present and took a…

  • Bear vs. Car – You Lose

    @moorparkstudios on Twitter sent me a link to their video of what happens when you leave food in your car in bear country. Any questions?

  • Bear Encounters Up in Yosemite

    Note from the Editor: Something is breaking the link to the video in this post. To see the video please check it out at http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/video?id=6909691 Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Looks like all that yummy tourist food is bringing more bears in to get a quick snack at the campgrounds.

  • A Great Blog About Bears

    So if you’ve got some time to kill then I recommend heading over to JeffreyTrust.com and spending some time reading the stories. Jeffrey Trust is a ranger in Yosemite who “works with Web sites, bears and people” but it’s his work with bears that he talks about on his blog that I find most interesting.…