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
3 Men Charged for Entering Brooks River, AK to Get Closer to Feeding Bears Are Facing Jail and $5k Fine Three men have been federally charged for illegally leaving the Brooks Falls viewing platform and entering a closed area of the Brooks River at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, AK on August 9, 2018. The men are all charged with creating a hazardous condition in a closed area and approaching within 50 yards of brown bears. Related: VIDEO: Man Caught […] SnowBrains | September 29, 2021 0 Comments
Texas Braces as Tropical Storm Nicholas Bears Down on Houston Metro Area Tropical Storm Nicholas is currently brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, just hours away from landfall near Houston, Texas. Nicholas is the 14th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, a number matched on this date by only the 2005, 2011, 2012, and 2020 hurricane seasons. The primary concern with this storm will be the excessive amount of rain in […] Weather Clay Malott | September 13, 2021 0 Comments
Road in Grand Teton National Park, WY, Closed to Allow Bears to Get Fat Eating Berries The northern section of the Moose-Wilson Road, between Murie Ranch Junction and Death Canyon Junction in Grand Teton National Park, WY, is temporarily closed to all visitors including motorists, cyclists, and hikers. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve and Death Canyon Trailhead can be accessed from the south. Related: Polar Bears, Now Mating With Grizzly Bears, Might Survive Climate Change Black […] SnowBrains | August 27, 2021 0 Comments
California Man Sets His Car on Fire to Keep the Bears Away California Highway Patrol responded to the call of a car on fire, started by the owner to keep the bears away. Responding officers immediately extinguished the fire. Related: Is It A Smart Idea to Use Marijuana In The Mountains? Allen Ray Houck, 32, of Rio Linda, told officers he knew there were bears in the area, so he’d set the fire […] Fire Firebrains | July 19, 2021 1 Comment
Woman Missing in Alaska After Reporting Being Charged by Multiple Bears Update 6/17 0330 PT:Â At approximately 1730 hours on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021, the Alaska State Troopers were notified by a volunteer SAR member departing the search area that Fina Kiefer walked out of the woods as they were driving by on Knik River Road, about a mile from the trailhead. Kiefer has injuries and EMS is transporting her to a […] SnowBrains | June 16, 2021 1 Comment
Human Remains Found in Stomachs of 2 Bears After Woman’s Body Found on Colorado Trail A Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) pathologist found human remains inside the stomachs of a sow and her yearling bear that CPW wildlife officers suspect of killing and eating a 39-year-old woman Friday north of Durango. CPW wildlife officers discovered the three bears near the woman’s mauled body after a search that included a U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services […] SnowBrains | May 3, 2021 2 Comments
Polar Bears, Now Mating With Grizzly Bears, Might Survive Climate Change Climate change has taken its toll on the polar bear population. Despite this, they have found a way to potentially survive its impact. Scientists have seen that polar bears are mating with grizzlies and passing on their genetic code. Rising temperatures have pushed the polar bear towards extinction, shrinking its habitat and limiting its access to hunting grounds. Dwindling polar ice […] Brains Alex Mangels | April 16, 2021 3 Comments