We’re back – and we have news!
Apologies to all our friends for the long time that has gone by since our last post. Your bloggers have been very busy – selling our house and moving to…
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…
How a Black Bear Makes a Daybed
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…
Colton Bear’s Release!
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…
It’s been a long time. . .
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…
Colton Bear as seen by Curator Coy
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. …
Now this is a BIG bear!
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…
Colton likes acorns!
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…
Through the fence – a peek at Colton Bear
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…
ABR Educates
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…