In her latest piece, WPLN environmental reporter Caroline Eggers asks: “Black bears are threatened by climate change. How can we help?” Below is an excerpt from Eggers’ piece, which features…
This video was submitted by a friend of ABR who filmed the bear family passing through their yard. They spent a little time there (the videographer states that they are…
A donor gifted us with logs that will make good dens for future cubs. Curators hollowed them out for that purpose. T This will be just the right size for…
Happy May Day! For our curators the day meant more work on the platforms. Curators Katrina and Seth have become skilled at weaving firehose hammocks. These are smaller and lighter,…
ABR curators are steadily working through their long “To Do” list, as they continue to work on Enclosures #3 and #4. Curator Katrina seals the posts and horizontal supports for…
Lightning struck at the ABR facility and hit the well pump. A local company, Lambert Pump Service in Greenback,TN,came and pulled the pump out, replacing it with a new one.…
Today we have a group of pictures taken away from the facility, at the Trillium Cove Education and Visitor Center. The gutter was damaged last year by a windstorm, or…
The curators removed all of the fire hose enrichment items, like hammocks,etc. when they started their work on the Wild Enclosures. But the plan was to replace them with new…
What? Baby goats? And you thought Appalachian Bear Rescue was about bear cubs. didn’t you? Yes, you’re right, but we are taking a side trip today, to announce the birth…
These photos show some recent views of the humans at ABR, where we still do not have any bears. It was Curator Tom’s birthday and the curators went to lunch…