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Grand Teton National Park, WY Closes Portion of Backcountry Area to Prevent Waking Grizzly Conflicts

Grand Teton National Park has closed a portion of a popular backcountry skiing area, 25 Short, to keep visitors and waking grizzly bears safe.  Only a portion of the popular backcountry skiing area is closed. The peak, unnamed 9975, remains open with ridgeline access to Turkey Chute, Chute the Moon, and other Avalanche Canyon routes. Most of these can be accessed […]

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Dominic Gawel | March 25, 2021
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9 Amazing Facts About Polar Bears

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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 9 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 400,000 […]

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Mike Lavery | February 28, 2020
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Jumbo Glacier Resort B.C. Vs. Ktunaxa First Nation In Canadian Supreme Court Today

The latest twist in the battle over the proposed development of the Jumbo Glacier Resort near Invermore, British Columbia is unfolding in Canada’s highest court today. The suit involves the Glacier Resorts Ltd development corporation and the Ktunaxa First Nation, who claim that the resort would violate their religion by infringing upon the the great Grizzly Bear Spirit. The case has been previously dismissed […]

Sergei Poljak | December 2, 2016
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Friday Fun: Yellowstone Tourist Pissed Off by “Untrained Grizzly Bears”

This is truly funny. Please have a read in the image below. In our perfect world of paved streets and exquisitely manicured lawns, is there really still room for untrained Grizzly Bears? I think not! To add to that, people pay a lot of money to come see these bears! Get them trained!! The note from […]

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SnowBrains | August 28, 2015
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