[VIDEO] Bears Just Love Californian Ski Resorts If you’re planning to ski at Spring Skiing Capital, Palisades Tahoe, California, or any other open California ski resorts for the rest of spring, bear in mind that bears are emerging from their dens and could greet you on the slopes at some of the ski resorts. The most recent encounter was recorded yesterday, Sunday, April 14, on the Alpine […] Laughs Claire Weiss | April 15, 2024 0 Comments
Agencies Release Final Environmental Impact Statement Evaluating Options for Restoring Grizzly Bears to the North Cascades Final EIS evaluates the impacts of possible actions, but it is not a final decision The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have released a final environmental impact statement (EIS) that evaluates options for restoring grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem of Washington, where they once roamed. Related: Further 5 Wolves Released in Colorado, Bringing Total […] SnowBrains | March 22, 2024 0 Comments
9 Amazing Facts About Polar Bears Polar bears aren’t just ordinary big white bears (they’re actually not white at all…), they’re highly specialized for life in the harshest environments. Here are nine amazing facts about polar bears. 1. They’re thought to have evolved from brown bears that became isolated due to glaciation in the eastern part of Siberia. The latest research has the two species diverging genetically around […] Brains Mike Lavery | October 30, 2023 1 Comment
Public Comments Sought on Options for Restoring Grizzly Bears to North Cascades, WA The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are seeking public input on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates options for restoring grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem in Washington, where the animals once roamed. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is also inviting public comment on a proposed rule under section 10(j) of the […] SnowBrains | September 30, 2023 0 Comments
Look Out For Bears While Traveling Through Yosemite National Park, CA Now with Tioga Road open again through Yosemite National Park, CA, it is important to remind visitors to drive mindfully and stick to speed limits to protect local wildlife. Each year, Yosemite National Park welcomes over four million visitors. Unfortunately the high number of visitors also means a high number of cars and with the high number of cars come collisions with […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 25, 2023 0 Comments
Sierra Nevada, CA, Report: The 3 Bears Chutes, Cinco de Mayo, & an Insane Lenticular Sunset Report from May 5, 2022 Yesterday we went for a zone we’d noticed the day before that holds 3 stupendous chutes. The 3 Bears Chutes (we’re calling them). Everything north and east and likely west is absolutely gross right now with what we’re calling “Macro-Sastrugi” (basically huge corrugated chunks of snow that ski like shit – we skied it on […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 6, 2022 0 Comments
Bears Are Emerging From Hibernation in Grand Teton National Park, WY On Sunday, March 13, the first grizzly bear sighting of 2022 was reported in Grand Teton National Park. Now that bears are emerging from their dens, visitors and local communities are encouraged to secure attractants. Related: Yellowstone’s First Grizzly Bear Sighting of 2022 Adult male grizzly bears typically emerge from hibernation in March, and females with young usually emerge between […] SnowBrains | March 15, 2022 0 Comments
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, UT Restored as National Monuments On Friday, the Biden administration announced that it’s restoring the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, as well as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean. The decision protects sensitive historic sites and fragile ecosystems, preserves air and water quality for local communities, keeps coal and oil in the ground, and listens […] SnowBrains | October 11, 2021 0 Comments