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Episode 3: Bears, A Yellowstone Love Story
In Yellowstone, everyone loves the bears. In the park’s early years, people fed them along the roadside and they learned to beg and scavenge at hotels, campgrounds, and the park garbage dumps. But was the era of the “beggar bear” ultimately good for people or the bears? Find out how this love affair has evolved over time. 9 minutes - transcript - glossary
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Yellowstone is prime habitat for both grizzly bears and black bears. With a little luck, you might spot one on a visit to the park. But it’s not as easy as you might think to tell them apart. This video illustrates how to distinguish between grizzly bears and black bears. 4 minutes - transcript - glossary |
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Related Web Site Links
http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/bears.htm
A list of links to up-to-date information about Yellowstone's bears.
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/bearenc.htm
Information on how to minimize your chance of a bear encounter in Yellowstone.
http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/bears/index.htm
An electronic field trip exploring Yellowstone's bears designed primarily for kids and their teachers, presented by Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/igbst-home.htm
Web site for the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, the research group that manages grizzlies in the Northern Rockies.
http://www.centerforwildlifeinformation.org/BeBearAware/Bears_of_North_America/
Black_Grizzly_ID/black_grizzly_id.html
A guide to differentiating grizzly and black bears, from the Center for Wildlife Information.
http://www.bebearaware.org
Information on how to stay safe in bear country, from the Center for Wildlife Information.
http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/mammals/grizzly/
Information on recovery of grizzly bear populations in the United States, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://www.geocities.com/dmonteit/bear_hist.html
A short history of Yellowstone's food-conditioned bears from a National Park Service employee.
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/grizzly_bear.html
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/black_bear.html
Kid-friendly fact sheets on grizzly bears and black bears from the Defenders of Wildlife. |
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