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Grand Teton National Park & John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway Black Bear with mountain ash berries, photo by Rebecca Wiles
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Grand Teton National Park & John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
Safety in Bear Country
A black bear digs into unsecured trash and recycling in the park.

A radio-collared black bear digs into unsecured trash and recycling in the park.

Proper Food Storage Required

Allowing a bear to obtain human food, even once, often results in aggressive bear behavior. Aggressive bears are a threat to human safety and must be relocated or killed. Do not feed bears or other wildlife for any reason. Failure to follow park food storage regulations is a violation of federal law. Help keep bears wild and humans safe.

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Uinta Ground Squirrel

Did You Know?
Did you know that Uinta ground squirrels, sometimes mistaken for prairie dogs, hibernate up to eight months a year? These animals leave their burrows in March or April to inhabit the sagebrush flats, but may return by the end of July.
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Last Updated: November 29, 2011 at 11:14 MST