Please Note: Nicknames that appear below in quotation marks are not official nicknames. Unofficial nicknames are used in extremely minimal situations to help minimize confusion, especially for newer cam viewers and park visitors that utilize the bearcam wiki as a resource. Those extremely minimal situations are:
1) the nickname was used by KNP&P and/or Katmai Conservancy Sponsored Rangers until the official bear monitoring number became known and it kind of stuck or provides a tiny "thank you to that ranger" (examples: 747 "Colbert" is in appreciation for Ranger Roy Wood; 902 "Fifi"/"Bonsai" is in appreciation for Ranger Russ Taylor, and 912 "Mufasa" and 913 "Moomba" are used in appreciation for Ranger Tammy Carmack),
2) the name was used widely for an extended period of time in bearcam comments for an independent bear due to the bear monitoring number not being available to cam viewers. With the increased number of newly emancipated subadults and young adults, a greater number of "unknown" bears are observed making it necessary to use these unofficial nicknames as a "placeholder". This also allows for wiki contributors to record the life history of these "unknown" bears when the bear monitoring number is known and the bear can have a wiki page of their very own in the Bear Book - The Bearcam Wiki Edition.
Official nicknames appear below without quotation marks. KNP&P bear monitoring staff and rangers have made the decision to move away from using nicknames. Wiki contributors are making every effort to do the same out of respect for KNP&P staff and in an effort to minimize confusion.
The bear book (the Bearcam wiki edition) contains pages for the known individual Bears of Brooks River. Please bear in mind that some of the pages were created at a much earlier date and some are still a work in progress to get them up to date. So far pages are included for the following bears:
Bears of Brooks River Family Tree by Goldilocks, Canada and Birgitt
Last updated in 2017
Bears of Brooks River Family Trees by LTC (LoveTheCams)
Last updated in 2020
Brooks Falls Bears Family Pedigrees by radioquiet
Last updated in 2022
001 Diver Adult Male (No longer seen)
006 Satulik / Bullet / Headbob Adult Male (No longer seen)
014 Subdult Sex Unknown (Initially observed during 2019 Season), may have been renumbered as 212 in 2021
015 Subadult Sex Unknown (Initially observed during 2019 Season)
016 Cinnamon Adult Male (No longer seen)
017 (aka 505F) Adult Female (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
018 "Humphrey" / "Hump Bear" (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
019 Adult Male (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
020 Adult Male (1st Identified during 2019 Season) (aka "Mane Bear"/"Shaggy")
021 Subadult Male (Initially observed during Fall of 2019 Season)
022 Adult Male (Initially observed during Fall of 2019 Season) ("PJ") recategorized as a male in Fall 2020.
023 Adult Male (Initially observed during Fall of 2019 Season)
024 BB (aka Bald Butt) Adult Male (No longer seen)
025 Adult Female (435's 2017 Offspring)
026 Adult Female (435's 2017 Offspring)
027 Adult Male (451's 2017 Offspring)
028 (aka "E") Adult Male (451's 2017 Offspring)
029 Adult Female (451's 2017 Offspring)
032 Chunk Adult Male
033 Subadult Sex Unknown (2007)
038 Subadult Sex Unknown (2007)
039 Adult Female
040 (040) Sex Unknown ~ No Longer Seen ~ Year Last Observed is Unknown to Us
043 Subadult Male (in 2008)
045 Tatonka Adult Male
051 Diver Junior Adult Male
057 Adult Female (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
058 Adult Female (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
062 Wayne Brother (aka 868 Wayne Brother) Adult Male
063 Subadult Female (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
065 Adult Male (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
068 Adult Male
075 Subadult Sex Unknown (Fall 2007)
083 Wayne Brother Adult Male
087 Adult Female (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
088 Adult Male (1st Identified during 2019 Season)
089 Backpack Adult Male
092 Enigma Adult Male
094 Adult Female
097 Adult Male (1st Identified during 2019 Season) ("Spot")
099 Adult Male (39's 2016 offspring)
101 Subadult Female (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year Old in 2020)
102 Subadult Female (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year Old in 2020)
103 Subadult Male (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year Old in 2020)
109 Subadult Sex Unknown (Fall 2008)
115 Adult Male
128 Grazer Adult Female
129 Subadult Female (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year Old in 2020)
130 Tundra Adult Female (Deceased July 2014)
131 Subadult Female (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 year Old in 2020)
132 Adult Female
133 Subadult Female (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year Old in 2020)
135 Adult Male (1st identified in 2020)
136 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)
137 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020)
138 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)
139 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020)
144 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020, 132's Speculated 2018 Offspring) ("Cubzilla")
146 "Addie" Subadult Female (1st identified in 2020)
147 Adult Male (first identified in 2020)
148 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020) (2024 "N"/"Fake 261" placeholders)
151 Walker Adult Male
153 Adult Female
155 Subadult Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)
161 Adult Male
164 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020) ("Bucky Dent")
166 Young Adult Male See 230 (1st identified in 2020 as 166), renumbered as 230 in 2021
167 Subadult Female See 193, (1st identified in 2020 as 167), renumbered as 193 in fall of 2020
171 Adult Female
174 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)
182 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)
184 Subadult Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)
187 Subadult Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)
193 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020 as 167), speculated sibling to 230
194 Adult Male ~ No Longer Seen ~ Last Observed in 2012 ~ Fished the falls from 2010 - 2012
196 Unclassified/Unknown (1st identified in 2020) Notes indicate COY
201 Adult Female
203 Subadult Female (273's 2019 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2021)
204 Subadult Male Female (273's 2019 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2021)
205 Subadult Male (273's 2019 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2021)
207 Subadult Male (719's 2019 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2021)
208 Subadult Male (719's 2019 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2021)
209 Beauty Adult Female (No longer seen)
210 Age/Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2021)
211 Backbite Adult Male (No longer seen)
212 Young Adult Male (1st identified in 2021), may have been previously identified as 14 in 2019
214 Age/Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2021)
215 Age/Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2021)
216 Marilyn Adult Female (No longer seen)
217 Adult Male (1st identified in 2021)
218 Ugly Adult Male (No longer seen)
219 One-Toe (aka 492 temporarily) (No longer seen)
220 Age/Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2021)
224 Adult Female (1st identified in 2021, 94's speculated 2018 offspring, larger)
225 Adult Female (1st identified in 2021, 94's speculated 2018 offspring, smaller)
228 Age/Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2021)
230 Young Adult Male (1st identified in 2020 as 166), ("Ben"), speculated sibling to 193
234 Evander Adult Male (No longer seen)
236 Milkshake Adult Female (No longer seen)
247 Snaggletooth Adult Male (No longer seen)
253 Subadult Male (2008 Offspring of 477 Sara) (No longer seen?) (Could this be 911 "Split Nose"?)
261 Adult Female (2008 Offspring of 477 Sara)
263 Adult Female (No longer seen)
273 Adult Female
274 Overflow Adult Male
284 "Electra" Adult Female
289 Adult Female
293 Long Neck Adult Male
299 Adult Male (aka "Damaged Nose Bear")
306 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 806's speculated 2020 offspring)
307 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2022, 708 Amelia's speculated 2019 offspring)
308 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 708 Amelia's speculated 2019 offspring)
335 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 435 Holly's speculated 2020 offspring)
344 Older Subadult or Young Adult Male (1st identified in 2022)
345 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 803's speculated 2020 offspring)
346 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022)
348 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2022)
353 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2022, 854 Divot's speculated 2020 offspring)
354 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 854 Divot's speculated 2020 offspring)
356 Adult Male (1st identified in 2022) (aka "Rocky")
358 Adult Male, (1st identified in 2022)
359 Adult Female (1st identified in 2022)
361 Adult Female (1st identified in 2022)
383 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2022, 284's speculated 2020 offspring)
384 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2022, 284's speculated 2020 offspring)
396 Adult Female (1st identified in 2022)
399 Adult Male (1st identified in 2022)
402 Adult Female (No longer seen, Killed 09/30/2024)
403 Egberta Adult Female (No longer seen)
408 CC (aka Crooked Claw) Adult Female (No longer seen)
409 Beadnose Adult Female (No longer seen)
410 (aka 175 & 014) (aka Four-ton, Cubless, Chowmane) Adult Female (No longer seen)
415 Adult Female (No longer seen)
418 Jack Adult Male (No longer seen)
420 Genghis Adult Male (No longer seen)
424 Minnie Adult Female (aka Mini 410) (No longer seen)
425 Jan Adult Female
428 "Svetlana" (aka "Studious") Subadult Female (1st identified in 2023, 128 Grazer's speculated 2020 offspring, Pointier Muzzle)
429 "Mila" (aka "Social") Subadult Female (1st identified in 2023, 128 Grazer's speculated 2020 offspring, Less Pointy Muzzle)
435 Holly Adult Female
438 Flo Adult Female (No longer seen)
450 Adult Female (No longer seen)
451 Adult Female
461 Adult Male
468 Reggie Adult Female (No longer seen)
469 "Digger" / "Patches" Adult Male
474 Adult Male
477 Sara Adult Female
480 Otis Adult Male
482 Brett (Could 615 be 482 Brett in the Fall?) Adult Female
489 Ted Adult Male (No longer seen)
492 (see 219 One-Toe) Adult Male (No longer seen)
500 Indy Adult Female (no longer seen)
503 Cubadult Adult Male
504 Adult Female
505 Adult Female
506 Adult Female (2024 Sow w/yearling per Ranger Tammy Carmack) (2024 Possible 811 w/2.5 Year-Old per Some Cam Viewers)
511 Adult Male
513 Age & Sex Unknown (Lanky/not348/"J") (Newly Identified in 2024 - Awaiting info from KNP&P staff)
514 Older Subadult Male w/Left Hip Scar ("not-204"/"S") (Newly Identified in 2024 - Awaiting info from KNP&P staff)
515 Adult Male (Blocky Muzzle Boar) (1st ID'd in 2024, Observed since 2022 on cams)
519 "Zoom"/"Zippy" Subadult Female
600 Adult Female (854' Divot's remaining 2013 offspring, no longer seen)
602 Adult Male
603 Adult Male
604 Little Adult Male (No longer seen)
608 Adult Female (No longer seen)
610 Adult Female
611 Adult Male
615 (Could 615 be 482 Brett in the Fall?) Adult Female
634 Popeye Adult Male
700 Marge Adult Female (No longer seen)
708 Amelia Adult Female
717 Adult Female
718 Adult Female
719 Adult Female
720 (Adult Female, No Longer Seen, Last Officially Observed in July 2006)
720 Adult Female (1st Identified in 2016)
744 Dent Adult Female (No longer seen)
747 "Colbert" Adult Male ~ 2020 Fat Bear Week Champion!!!!!
755 Scare D. Bear Adult Male
775 Lefty Adult Male
790 Weevil Bear Adult Female (No longer seen)
801 Adult Male
803 Adult Female
804 (aka 2017 "Little Lip Fisher") Adult Female
805 Adult Female (132's 2014 offspring) ("GEO")
806 Adult Female (132's 2014 offspring)
807 Adult Male (132's 2014 offspring)
808 Adult Male (1st Identified as Subadult in 2017) ("Slappy")
809 Adult Male (273's 2015 offspring)
810 Adult Male (94's 2015 offspring)
811 Adult Female (402's 2015 offspring)
812 Adult Male (402's 2015 offspring)
813 Nostril Bear Adult Female
814 Lurch Adult Male (Deceased 2016)
818 Adult Female - No Longer Seen
820 Adult Male
821 Adult Male (504's 2015 offspring) ("Pepper")
831 Adult Female (504's 2015 offspring) ("Salt")
854 Divot Adult Female
856 Adult Male
858 Artie Adult Male (No longer seen)
864 Norman Adult Male (No longer seen)
868 Wayne Brother Adult Male (Deceased October 2015)
875 Adult Female (No longer seen)
879 Adult Male
900 Adult Female
901 Adult Female (284's 2016 offspring)
902 "Fifi"/"Bonsai" Adult Female (128's 2016 Offspring)
903 Adult Male (128's 2016 offspring) (aka "Gully")
904 Adult Male (854's 2016 offspring)
905 Adult Male (854's 2016 offspring)
906 Adult Female (854's 2016 offspring)
907 Adult Male (708's 2015 offspring)
908 Adult Female (708's 2015 offspring)
909 Adult Female (409's 2016 offspring)
910 Adult Female (409"s 2016 offspring)
911 "Split Nose" (253?) Adult Male
912 "Mufasa" Adult Male (39's 2016 offspring)
913 "Moomba" Adult Male (39's 2016 offspring)
991 Sister (Tag #'s 1001 & 1002) Adult Female (No longer seen)
2022 Deceased Spring Cub Discovered July 20, 2022
Bears Observed 1988 - 1992:
The following information on other known bears observed from 1988 - 1992 is available from Brown Bears of Brooks River by Ronald Squibb and Tamara Olson.
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200 Series Bears Info from Ranger Lian 07/25/2022 via email to Mazey
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