Black Bear Hibernation in the Southern Appalachians
Many of you are familiar with the story of bears and their “winter sleep.” There are major differences between the hibernation of northern bears and that of our southern black…
Many of you are familiar with the story of bears and their “winter sleep.” There are major differences between the hibernation of northern bears and that of our southern black…
Now that Colton Bear has been released and is back in the wild, our curators had the chance to enter the large enclosure and to see what Colton had been…
January 10th, 2013 – Release Day! Here is a sequence of photos that show how Colton was worked up and readied for his release back into the wild. Let’s start with a…
We apologize for not posting recently. We have been very busy, with personal as well as ABR activities. Hopefully, we’ll do better from now on. We have several photos of…
Curator Coy took these photos of Colton Bear a few days ago. He is being as elusive as ever, and it’s not easy to get a clear shot of him. …
ABR will have a float in the Gatlinburg Christmas parade, on Friday evening, December 7th. Volunteers are working diligently to create a float that will amaze the spectators and truly…
No surprise that our Colton Bear likes his acorns. Acorns and other nuts (hard mast) are vital to bears during the fall, as they fatten up for their long winter’s…
As we have reported lately, Colton is very elusive and hard to capture on camera. But Curator Coy was lucky a couple of days ago, when he patiently waited to…
An important part of ABR’s mission is to educate people about black bears and how to coexist with them. ABR has volunteer educators who are trained to present this vital…
Colton Bear is demonstrating that he has learned his “Wild Bear” lessons well. Curators Coy and Rick only see him at a distance these days. Here is a photo that Coy…