Bears of Yosemite

Little Yo Pod

English - January 15, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MB
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In this episode I talk about Black Bears and how after much trial and error with early bear management (or mismanagement) we have learned to live alongside them in Yosemite.

Resources for this episode:

Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Beatty

The Present Bear Policy and Its Problems

https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/bears/bear_policy.html

Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Beatty

Sierra Nevada Black Bear

http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/bears/black_bear.html

Bears of Yosemite (1943) M.E. Beatty

The California Grizzly

https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/bears/california_grizzly.html

The New York Times Nov 1997

To Bears in Yosemite, Cars Are Like Cookie Jars Suzanne Charle

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/30/us/to-bears-in-yosemite-cars-are-like-cookie-jars.html

Bear Management

https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/bear-management.htm

Bear Blog

http://keepbearswild.org