What bears have been seen in 2020

Bears seen in 2020:[]

This table will be used to document the bears that have been seen so far in the 2020 season. It will primarily be updated using information obtained from current and former park staff, however, if you know of a bear we are missing, please suggest that it be added where appropriate, and include photos or other documentation of it being seen. Pictures and detailed information are organized by month below the table.

Please Note: The following abbreviations are used in the chart below:

C = Courting

COY = Spring Cubs / Cubs-of-the-year

D = Darted / Ranger Michael Saxton DNA study

FHV = Falls High View cam

FLV = Falls Low View cam

MS = Official Bear Monitoring Session

UD = Unsuccessfully Darted Ranger Michael Saxton DNA study

YO= Years Old

YRL'ng = Yearling Cubs (1.5 year old cubs)

Links to ranger comments regarding bears seen in 2020 Official Bear Monitoring Sessions:

2020 Season KNP & Preserve Lists of Bears Seen in the 2020 Official Monitoring Sessions: These lists were sent by Ranger Lian Law via email to mazey on April 5, 2022. "I have attached a list of bears monitored. I will work on getting the 2020 subadults up on Flickr (but it probably won't happen until late next week sometime). As for 2021, I haven't been cleared by the bear monitor yet to put pictures of the subs because I know there is still some debate on photos/ID. They won't start their season until the end of this month so if it does happen, I won't have photos up until much later." Note: This was a preliminary list. See the April 14, 2022 post below.

2020 Season KNP & Preserve Lists of Bears Seen in the 2020 Official Monitoring Sessions: This updated list was posted in chat on April 14, 2021 by Ranger Lian. "Hi folks, I know some of you have been waiting for this list. So here are the bears monitored in 2020 and 2021."

MALES Bear #	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	N/A	N/A	N/A
18 Adult Male (1st Identified in 2019)				7/18 7/19 7/20 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28
19 Adult Male (1st Identified in 2019)
20 Adult Male (1st Identified in 2019)			6/27 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/13 7/17 7/18 MS
21 (Subadult Male, 1st Identified in Fall 2019)						?9/6 ?9/22 MS
22 (Subadult Male, 1st Identified in Fall 2019 as a Female)						MS
23 Subadult Male (1st Identified in Fall 2019) "Scrappy"						MS
27 Subadult Male (451's 2017 Offspring, 1st Identified in 2019)			See 27's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
28 Subadult Male (451's 2017 Offspring, 1st Identified in 2019)			See 28"s Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
32 Chunk			6/30? 6/30 6/30	7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/12 7/13 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/11 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1
51 Diver Jr.
65 Adult Male (1st Identified in 2019)
68
83 Wayne Brother 18.5 YO			6/23 6/24 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6	9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17
88 Subadult Male (1st Identified in 2019)				MS
89 Backpack 14.5 YO			6/23 6/24 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/18 7/27 not 7/28 7/28 7/30 MS	8/24 8/25 8/28 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/18 9/18 9/25 9/25	10/2 10/12
97 Borderline Subadult/Adult Male (1st Identified in 2019) "Spot"						?9/26	10/11 ?10/17or 23?
99 (39's 2016 Offspring, 912, 913 natal collar brother) Subadult 4.5 YO				7/2 7/4 7/13 7/14 7/15 ?7/16 7/18 7/21 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 ?near 0:00-0:46 7/31 MS	8/1	?9/22 ?9/23 ?9/23	10/4 10/8 10/13 ?10/15 10/23 ?10/24 ?10/25 ?10/26 ?10/31 or 913	11/4
103 Subadult Male (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 103's Wiki Bear book page for 2020	MS		MS
115						9/28 (far)	10/1 10/2 10/8 10/8 10/12 10/12
135 Adult Male (1st identified in 2020)				MS
136 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)				MS
138 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)				MS
144 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)				MS
147 Adult Male (1st identified in 2020)				MS
151 Walker 13.5 YO			6/16 6/22 6/23 6/24 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/18 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21	9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30	10/1
164 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)						MS
182 Subadult Male (1st identified in 2020)						MS
274 Overflow						9/13 9/14 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/20 9/21 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/30 9/30 MS	10/2 10/5 10/8 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/12 10/12 10/16 10/18
469 Patches							10/10
474						?9/12 ?9/12 9/13 9/14 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/19 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25
480 Otis			6/23 6/24 6/26 6/28 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 not 7/28 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20	9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 ?10/11 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23
503 Cubadult 7.5 YO Adult Male				7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/127/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2	9/17 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/29 MS	10/3 10/4 10/5 10/5 10/17 10/17 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/28 10/28 10/29 10/29
602 Adult Male			6/25 ?			9/13 9/14 9/14 9/15 far 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/27 9/28 9/30 MS	10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/12 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/28 10/30 10/30
603				MS		?9/13
634 Popeye			6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/9 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 MS		9/22 9/22 9/25
747 "Colbert"			6/23 6/24 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/3 😂 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/23 9/24 9/27 9/28
775 Lefty			6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3	9/14 9/14 9/16 9/16 9/21 9/23 9/24 9/25	10/1
801			6/27 ? 6/28 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/4 (Not 89) 7/5 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 ?7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/12 8/13 8/14 ?8/15 ?8/16
807 Adult Male			6/24? 6/29 6/30 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/4 7/6 7/7 7/18 7/19 MS
808 Subadult
809 Subadult 273's 2015 Male				?7/16 ?7/20 ?7/25
810 Subadult 94's 2015 Male				?7/22 ?7/24 ?7/27
812 Adult (402's 2015 male) 5.5 YO			6/27 ? 6/28 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 near 7/19 7/20 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/26 7/27 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/5 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/22 9/24 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/28 10/28 10/30 10/30 10/31	11/1 11/1 11/2 11/3 11/4 11/6 11/9
820 Adult			6/23? 6/24 6/25 6/30	7/1 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 MS		9/4 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/10 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20
821 Adult (504's 2015 Darker Male) 5.5 YO				7/2 7/4 7/5 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 not909 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26	9/19 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/28 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/7 10/8 darker 10/9 10/10 10/14 ?10/16 10/17 10/18 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/26 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30	11/2 11/2 11/3 11/4
856			6/22 6/23 6/25 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25	9/4 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/27 9/28 MS	10/1 10/3 10/13 10/17
879						9/5 9/5 9/6 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/22 10/23
903 (128's 2016 Blonder Male) Subadult 4.5 YO				?7/13 MS		?9/17 ?9/17 ?9/17 MS	?10/8
904 (854's 2016 Dark Eyed Male) Subadult 4.5 YO						9/27 ?9/29 9/30	?10/3
905 (854's 2016 Male) Subadult 4.5 YO							?10/3 ?10/4 ?10/5 ?10/9 ?10/12 ?10/23 ?10/27
907 Adult (708's 2015 Male) 5.5 YO				7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 near 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/10 ?8/13 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/30 10/30
911 "Split Nose" (253? )				? 7/7 ? 7/9 ? 7/9 ? 7/9 ?7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 ?7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 MS
912 (39's 2016 Male) Subadult 4.5 YO			6/26? 6/29? 6/30?	?7/1 ?7/2 ?7/4 ?7/6 ?7/10 7/14 7/15 ?7/16 ?7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/3 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/10	?9/30
913 (39's 2016 Male) Subadult 4.5 YO			6/28 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/4 7/14 7/16 7/20 ?7/22 7/25 ?7/27 MS	?8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/10	?9/23 ?9/25 MS	?10/12
Large boar			6/14
"Late Night Bear" 2019			6/23 6/23	7/5
Unid'd (2018, 2019 ) male with shaggy mane and small scar right hip, "Mane Bear, Shaggy" Believed to be Bear #20			6/27 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/13 7/17 7/18 7/19
?128 Grazer's male 2016 offspring. Seen ?2019			?6/28 ?6/30	?7/1
Unknown, medium -sized, dark boar with a lighter, blocky muzzle, round ears and 2 small scars on the right side of his face				7/4 ? 7/5 ?7/19 7/20right
Unknown medium sized boar, light brown shedded fur mid-section, dark brown patches of fur on rump, head and neck, "Brutus", shed/saddle bear				7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/12 ?7/14 7/18 7/19
Unknown dark, long body, white scar on middle back, upright ears, lighter muzzle				7/9
Unknown young boar, close set eyes, friendly with 907, ?scrappy				7/31
Unknown boar, bright blonde ears					8/5 8/6
Unknown boar, light brown fur, blonde, angled-out ears,light muzzle, seen with 812					8/3
Unknown boar, dark fur, tapered muzzle, blonde tipped, angled-out ears, small scar in front of right hip, wispy fur under neck					8/6 8/6 8/7 8/7 left 8/8 lip 8/9 8/10 8/11 ?8/11 8/12 8/13	?9/17 ?9/17 ?9/23 ?9/27left hip scar 9/27
Unknown ?male boar with odd looking eyes This is 907					8/10 8/10
Unknown boar, left ear smaller than right (damaged?), low hanging belly, tapered muzzle						9/26
Unknown Boar with damaged nose, rounded muzzle and left shoulder scar. Also seen in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 This boar received ID # 299 in 2021.						9/26 9/26 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/29 9/29 9/29 9/30 9/30 9/30	10/1 10/2 10/2 10/6 10/12 10/16 10/17 ?10/18
Unknown boar medium brown, medium sized hump, rounded forehead, blonde wide spaced ears, tapered muzzle. Also seen October, 2017?							10/13 10/14 10/14 10/16 10/16 10/17 10/17 10/20 10/21 10/22
Unknown dark boar, large hump, low hanging belly.							?10/18 or deformed nose boar 10/19 10/19 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/25

Unknown male blonde subadult, This was 903					8/12
451's 3.5 YO ?male subadults ID'd as 27 and 28				?7/15 ?7/17 7/18 ?7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/26 (1) 7/27 (1) 7/28 (1) 7/29 7/31 (1)	?8/1 (1) 8/2 (1) 8/5 (1) ?8/8 (2)	?9/13 ?9/17 ?9/19 ?9/24 ?9/25 ?9/25 9/27 ?10/18 ?10/22 10/24 ?10/29
Diving bear #1, Adult Male jacuzzi					8/6 8/6 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12
Diving ?male subadult #2, LR, 451 blonde male sub? ID'd as 27					8/7 8/8 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/12 8/13 8/15 8/15 8/16 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21	?9/21 9/26 9/29 9/30	10/2 10/3 10/4 10/6 10/6 10/7 ?10/7 10/9 10/10 10/10 10/11 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/23 10/24 10/25 ?10/26 10/27 10/27
Blonde ?male subadult Beggar Bear ?903					8/8
Dark male subadult with blonde tipped ears					8/10
Dark male subadult on the lip with 812, 128, 821 This was 22					8/12 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/25 8/26	9/28 9/29 9/30	10/2 10/3 10/5 10/6 10/14 10/15 10/28	11/6 11/9
Blonde faced subadult Confirmed to be 903 ("Gully") by Mike Fitz 6/14/2021					8/19 ?8/21 ?8/22 ?8/22 8/23 ?8/24 ?8/28 (right)	9/1 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 ?9/10	10/7
Male sub, blonde tipped ears, vertical mark on upper muzzle, "Bucky Dent" chatter nickname. This was 164					8/27 8/28 8/28 8/31	9/3 ?9/6 larger 9/15 ?9/21 ?9/24	10/9 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/29 ?10/31
Male subadult with blonde pom pom ears This was 174							10/21
FEMALES Bear #	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	w/ COY	w/ YRL'ng	w/ Older Cubs
25 (435 Holly's 2017 blonde female subadult) 3.5 YO				7/15 7/21 ?7/22 ?7/23 ?7/24 7/30 MS		?9/12 ?9/16 ?9/25 9/26 9/29 MS	10/3 10/5 10/6 10/6 10/19
26 (435 Holly's 2017 darker female subadult) 3.5 YO				7/15 7/21 ?7/22 ?7/23 ?7/24 7/30 MS		?9/11 ?9/19 ?9/25 9/26 9/29 9/29 MS	10/1 10/3 10/4 10/4 ?10/5
29 Subadult Female (451's 2017 Offspring, 1st Identified in 2019)			See 29's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
39				7/12 not 505 7/16 7/17 7/20 7/21 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/31 MS	8/1w2 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10	9/22 w2 9/22 9/23 9/23 9/26 9/28 9/30 9/30 MS	10/1w2 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/13 10/15 10/17 Shel comments 10/17 10/18 10/18@3:08 dk cub male 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/25				w 2
57 Borderline Subadult/Adult Female (1st Identified in 2019)				7/21 7/24 7/26@1:26 on right MS	8/1 8/2 8/6 ?8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 ?8/10 8/24 8/25 8/25	MS	10/6 10/12 10/12 ?10/17 ?10/19 ?10/19 ?10/21 ?10/22 ?10/28
58 Adult Female (1st Identified in 2019)
63 Subadult Female (505's 2018 Offspring, 1st Identified as a 1.5 Year Old Subadult in 2019)			See 505's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020
87 Adult Female (1st Identified in 2019)				7/25 7/25 7/25 7/25 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29right 7/30 MS
94			6/15 w3 6/22 6/25 6/266/30	7/1 w3 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 MS		9/8 w3 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/14 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 w3 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/19 10/21 10/23 10/25 10/25 10/27 10/27 10/28 ?10/29 (male cub) ?10/29 (male cub)					w3 2.5 YO
101 Subadult Female (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 101's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
102 Subadult Female (402's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 102's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
128 Grazer 15.5 YO			6/18 w2 6/22 6/25 6/30	7/1 w2 7/3 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/15 7/16 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/25 7/29 MS	8/2 w2 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/17	9/11 907AKSnow pic				w 2
129 Subadult Female (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 129's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
131 Female Subadult (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 131's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
132			6/29 single 6/30	7/10 MS		MS
133 Female Subadult (482 Brett's 2018 Offspring, 2.5 Year-Old in 2020)			See 133's Wiki Bear Book page for 2020	MS		MS
139 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020)				MS
146 Subadult Female (1st identified in 2020)				MS		MS
148 Adult Female (1st identified in 2020)				MS
153				MS
171				7/4 single 7/5 7/8 7/10 7/12 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 ?7/24 MS
261 12.5 YO				?7/3 ?7/6 or 900 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/137/14 7/15 7/16 7/20 7/22 ?7/27 ?7/28 MS	8/2	?9/4 ?9/4 9/6 9/23 9/27 9/30 9/30 MS	?10/6
273			6/17 w3 6/26 6/30	7/1 w3 7/7 7/8 7/11 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 w3 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16	9/13 w3 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 w3 10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 @6:41 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29				w 3
284 "Electra" 12.5 YO			6/30 or earlier w2	7/1 w2 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/20 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 MS	8/1w2 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/9 8/10	9/8 w2 9/9 9/11 9/13 9/14 9/18 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 MS	10/6 w2 10/6 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/20 10/20 10/21 10/24 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/30 10/31			w 2
289				?7/11 ?7/13no per Mike
402			6/16w3 6/22single 6/25 6/28 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/4 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/17 7/18 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/24 ?7/25 MS		9/16 9/16 9/16 9/20 MS	10/2					w3 2.5 YO
435 Holly			6/24 w1 6/30	7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/31 MS	8/1 w1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/11	9/9 w1 9/10 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 w1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/6 10/9 10/11 10/14 10/14 10/16 10/18 10/19 10/19 10/21 10/22 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29			w1
451			?6/24 not confirmed
477 Sara				7/4 7/4 7/5 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 MS		9/22 9/22
482 Brett			?6/29 single 6/29 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 MS		9/17 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 MS
504				?7/1 ?7/14 7/15 7/16 ?7/17 ?7/24 ?7/25 7/26 7/26 ?7/28 7/29 MS		MS
505				7/2 w2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/10 7/12 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/18 7/18 MS								w2 2.5 YO
610 Adult 6.5 YO			6/25 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/6 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 near 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 @3:23 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10	9/13 9/13 9/14 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/23 9/29 MS	10/1 10/2 10/3 ?10/17
700 Marge
708 Amelia 19.5 YO			6/23 w2 6/26 6/29 6/30	7/1w2 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/10 7/11 7/13 7/14 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 MS	8/1 w2 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10	9/5 w2 9/5 9/7 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/15 9/16 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/28 9/30 MS	10/1 w2 10/2 10/3 10/11 10/13 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/19 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 ?10/30	11/1 w2 11/1 11/2			w 2
717 Adult 6.5 Y.O.			6/30	7/1 7/2 7/3 7/13 7/15 7/16 7/18 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27 MS		9/18
719 Adult 6.5 YO			6/15 w2 6/22 6/26 6/30	7/1w2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 (not 94) 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/28 7/29 MS	8/1w2 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/7	9/8 w2 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/28 9/29 9/30 MS	10/1 w2 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/29				w 2
720 Adult (Female )
803				7/2 w3 7/4 7/6 7/7 7/8 w2 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/29 7/30 803 not 83 MS	8/2 w2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6					w 3 then2
804 Adult"Not-505" aka Little Lip Fisher (132's ?)				?7/1 MS
805 Adult 6.5 YO
806 Adult 6.5 YO			6/30w1	7/1w1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 MS		9/20 w1 9/20 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/24 9/26 MS	10/10 w1 10/10 ?10/10 10/10 ?10/12 ?10/13 or 811 ?10/13 or 811 10/14 10/15 10/16			w 1
811 Subadult 402's 2015 female 5.5 YO Note: Possibly misidentified as 906. Awaiting more info/photoe.			6/28w1	7/3w1 7/3 7/3 ?7/16 7/21	?8/12w1 8/12 8/18 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/30 8/31	9/1w1 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/18 9/20 9/22 9/23 9/26 9/28	10/1 w1 10/4 10/4 10/5 10/6 ?10/7 10/8 10/12 10/12 ?10/13 or 806 ?10/13 or 806 ?10/14 ?10/22 10/24 10/24 (M or F?) 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/31	?11/1 w1 11/2 11/2 11/2 11/3 11/4 11/6		w 1
813 Nostril Bear						9/15 w2 (Margot Creek) Theresa Bielawski photos						w2 2.5 YO
831 Subadult 504's 2015 female 5.5 YO			6/30 6/30	7/1 7/3 7/5 7/10 7/11 7/14 7/15 7/17 7/18 7/19 ?7/21 7/23 7/24 7/25 ?7/28 7/30 MS	8/5 8/8	?9/2 ?9/3 9/3 ?9/4 ?9/6 ?9/18 9/19 or 910? 9/23 9/24 MS	10/1 10/3 10/3 10/4 10/8 10/9Birgitt 10/19 10/27 10/28
854 Divot 18.5 YO				7/5 w2 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/16 7/18 7/20 7/21 7/23 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 MS	8/1 w2 8/2 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/28 8/28 8/29	9/22 w2 9/23 9/24	10/2 w2 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/12 10/15			w 2
900 (Adult Female)				?7/6 or ?261
901 (284's 4.5 YO Subadult)			6/23 6/24 6/28 6/30	7/1 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/16 7/18 7/19 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/27 7/28 7/29 right 7/30 7/31 left MS	?8/1 8/2 ?8/3 8/4 8/5 8/8 8/9 8/10 8/12 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/22 9/24 9/25 9/27 9/28 9/29 MS	10/3 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/11 @1:18 10/13 10/15 10/17
902 "Fifi" "Bonsai"(128's 2016 Runt) 4.5 YO			6/22 6/30	7/1 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/9 7/10 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 7/18 @1:18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 MS	8/1 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 (not 25/26) 8/8 8/10 8/14 8/15 8/17	9/9 ?9/19 9/20 9/24 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/29 MS	10/2 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/15 10/17
906 (854's 2016 Female) Subadult 4.5 YO Note: May have been misidentified as 811. Awaiting more info/photos.				?7/13 ?7/16 MS with cub/cubs	?8/7	MS with cub/cubs	?10/11 ?10/23
908 (708's 2015 Female) Subadult 5.5 YO				7/5 7/6 7/8 7/10 7/15 MS	?8/24	?9/18 9/21 ?9/22 9/22 9/27 9/27 9/27 MS	10/2 10/3 10/4 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14 10/15 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/20 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/28 10/30 10/30 10/31	11/1 11/1
909 (409's 2016 Blonder Female) Subadult 4.5 YO			6/23? 6/25 6/26 6/30	7/3 7/5 7/11 7/13 7/14 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/25 ?7/26 7/28 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/6 8/7 8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18 8/19 8/20 8/22 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/31	9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/15 9/17 MS	10/4 10/10 10/17 10/17 10/19 10/20 10/25 ?10/28 left
910 (409's 2016 Darker Female) Subadult 4.5 YO			6/30	7/2 7/6 7/8 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/14 7/16 ?7/17 7/18 7/21 7/22 ?7/28 7/29 left 7/30 7/31 MS	8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 near 8/5 8/7 ?8/28 or unknown sow	9/7 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/18 9/19 or 831? 9/21 ?9/23 9/24 9/26 MS	10/3 10/4 ?10/5
sow with 3- 2.5 YO cubs			6/14 94 or 402?									w 3
Unknown sow with 3 coy, ?? 451 not confirmed			6/24w3
#1 Unknown sow with 1 coy, no natal collar on coy. Note: this sow was confirmed as 811 on 9/22/2020			6/28w1	7/3 7/3 7/3 ?7/16 7/21	?8/12 w1 8/12 8/18 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/30 8/31	9/1 w1 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/18 9/20
#2 Unknown sow with 1 coy, coy has natal collar. Note: this sow was identified as 806 on 7/21/2020			6/30w1	7/1w1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16
#3? Unknown Sow with 1 coy, coy has natal collar				7/10
Unknown sow with two yearlings or 2.5 year old cubs 39 or 153? This was 39 with 2 yearlings. See 39 above.				7/12 not 505 7/16 7/17 7/20 7/21 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/27 7/28 7/29 7/31	8/1w2 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10	9/22 w2 9/22 9/23 9/23 9/26 9/28 9/30 9/30	10/1w2 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 10/10 10/11 10/13 10/15 10/17 Shel comments 10/17 10/18 10/18@3:08 dk cub male 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/25
Unknown sow with 2 blonde ?yearlings							10/12 10/14 10/16 10/17 10/20 10/24
Unknown sow with 2 yearlings, one darker than the other							?10/15 am 10/15 pm (this was 39)
Unknown ?sow with large hump, vertical shed patch on forehead, blonde head, neck and ears, med brown body, timid, left rear lower leg wound, 7/17				7/12 7/13 Mike comment 7/15 7/17 7/21 7/26
Unknown blonde ?sow with inverted chevron patch on forehead, blonde round upright ears				7/16
Unknown sow, light brown coat, blonde tipped, set back ears, straight forehead, shaggy fur under neck, small hump. Seen in 2017?				7/23 7/26
Unknown blonde sow with white claws, also seen in 2019 This sow was assigned ID #87 in 2019				7/25 7/25 7/25 7/25 7/25 7/26 7/27 7/28 7/29 right 7/30
Unknown ?sow, shaggy fur under neck (not 57)					8/10
Unknown ?sow, medium brown, light muzzle, round wide set ears, slight beard							10/17
451's 3.5 YO ?Female, ID'd as 29			?6/30	7/18 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/29 ?7/30 7/31		9/1 9/3 9/9 ?9/14 ?9/16 9/17 ?9/19 9/23	10/6 10/13 10/14 10/21 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/28
482's 2.5 YO Females (all 3 were female)				?7/7 (1) ?7/10 (1) ?7/12 (2) 7/17 ? (1) ?7/18 (2) 7/18 (2) 7/20 (1) 7/21 (2) 7/23 (3) 7/24 (3) 7/24 (3) ?7/25 (2) 7/27 (3) 7/28 (3) 7/30 (3) 7/31 (3)	8/1 (3) 8/2 (3) 8/3 (3) 8/4 8/5 (3) 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/9	9/19 (3) 9/20 9/20 9/21 9/21 (1) 9/25	10/1(1) 10/2 (1) 10/3 (2) 10/4 (1) 10/6 10/7 10/9 (1) 10/9 (1) 10/10 (2) 10/11 (1)@0:00 10/13 (1) 10/16 (1) 10/20 (1) 10/21 (1) 10/21 (2) 10/22 (2) 10/23 (1) 10/23 10/26 (1)
482's 2.5 YO darker Female				?7/12
435 Holly's 3.5 YO subadults				?7/15 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 blonde
Unknown dark sow or subadult				8/28
ID'd Sex Unknown	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	w/ COY	w/ YRL'ng	w/ Older Cubs
14 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st Identified in 2019)
15 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st Identified in 2019)
17 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st Identified in 2019)				MS		MS
137 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)				MS
155 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)						MS
166 Subadult Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)				MS
167 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)				MS
174 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)						MS
184 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)						MS
187 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)						MS
193 Subadult, Sex Unknown (1st identified in 2020)						MS
196 (1st identified in 2020) Unclassified/Unknown Notes indicate coy					9/20? 9/20?	MS
451 subadults ID'd as 27, 28 and 29			?6/26	?7/13 7/18 7/22		9/5 ?9/7
UnID'd Sex Unknown	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	w/ COY	w/ YRL'ng	w/ Older Cubs
Subadult, possible 402 emancipated 2.5 year old			6/26
Subadult, resembles 171, ? emancipated in 2018			6/26 6/27
Older Subadult			6/24 6/28
402's smallest 2.5 YO subadult?			6/29 6/29
402's two 2.5 YO subadults?			6/29 6/29
402's ?emancipated subadults (all 3)				?7/4 ?7/6 ?7/8 ?7/8 ?7/8 ?7/9 ?7/10 7/11Naomi photo 7/14 7/16 7/17 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 7/27	8/11 (2) 8/17 (2) 8/18 (2) 8/31	9/2 male 9/3 9/3 9/4 9/4 9/6 9/7 9/11 (3) ?9/13 (1) 9/17 9/21 9/21 9/23 9/28 9/29 9/30	10/1 10/5 10/6 10/6 10/7 10/7 (1) 10/10 10/14 10/23 ?10/29 (1)
Unid'd 2019 subadult, dark fur, blonde tipped ears, male (10/13)"Little Bear, Little Sub, Vincent"						9/1 9/2 9/3 9/10 9/14 9/17 9/21 9/23 9/26 9/28	10/7 10/11 10/13 Male 10/22
Unknown dark 2.5 YO? subadult							10/5 10/6
Unknown blonde subadult with large hump				7/1 same sub?7/2
?2.5 year old subadult?			6/30
?2.5 year old subadult, "Mini 908", a 482 offspring?			6/27 6/30 7/2	7/2 7/10
Small subadult, dark fur, blonde around the head/neck				7/25
Shaggy neck blonde sub with dark ?sibling with blonde ears				7/22 7/26 7/30 7/30
Small dark sub with natal collar, blonde ears				7/26 ?sibling followed?
Dark subadult with large, right rear leg wound				7/23 7/27	8/6 8/7
Older ?female subadult, blonde, bright blonde triangular ears, light muzzle,				7/27 7/30
Dark bearded subadult					8/1 8/1
Small subadult, dark fur, natal collar remnant, blonde, angled ears				7/31
Small subadult, blonde ears, multiple blonde fur patches					8/1
2 unknown subs on the lip, 1 dark, 1 blonde					8/11
Rock snorkeling subadult					8/19 8/20
Unknown subadult with natal collar, 171 yearling?						9/20
Small blonde subadult						9/21 ?9/22	Same sub?10/23
Unknown subadult, ?903, "Gully"							10/13 10/13 10/14 10/16 Cruiser 10/16 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28
Unknown dark ?female subadult with shaggy neck fur							10/17 10/19	?11/1
Unknown blonde subadult							10/31

Detailed Information & Pictures re: Bears Seen 2020:[]

2020 season:[]

April 2020: []

2020.04.??: Courtney from Explore posted an update in April on the bear cam season for 2020. We plan to do everything humanly possible to bring you bear cams this summer. We are already in conversation with the park about best case vs. worst case scenarios, and fully plan to go live unless the act of setup puts our installer’s life at risk. We like him and we’d prefer to keep him around ;) As with everything in the world right now, we are taking it all day by day. We know how much it would mean to have these cameras online, and that’s why we will do all that’s in our power to make it happen. Thanks for your support, patience, and kindness.

May 2020:[]

2020.05.??: Courtney from Explore posted 2 updates in May on the bear cam season for 2020.

Update #1: Hi friends! I know we're feeling the heat of summer, so I'm here to check in and answer what I can regarding the upcoming camera season. For the featured comment: we are still on track to go live with the assistance of local help. This would allow us to keep our installer from traveling and bypass any quarantine-related issues. The cameras are due to go live later than usual, but we're still looking at sometime in June. Obviously these are unprecedented times and this is an unfolding situation so we will take it day by day and keep you informed. If you have questions, ask them here and I'll answer what I can. If everything goes according to plan we have a couple of fun surprises for 2020 too!

Update #2: I noticed a few people "disliked" my last featured comment 😂I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but I promise I'm doing my best to communicate the realities of the situation.

Just popping in to update everyone: yes, we are still on track for rebooting our beloved bear cams for the summer. The timeline might be slightly later than normal, but no word of a significant delay yet. If everything goes according to plan, we still get to go live at some point in June. If there are any concerns or new hiccups we will let you know, but please know that we are as motivated to get our Katmai cams up as you are to watch them!

2020.05.11: Katmai National Park and Preserve Facebook posted a "current flyover" NPS photo with the blue of Lake Brooks and Naknek Lake on 5/11/2020. You can still see ice around Brooks Camp.[]

June 2020:[]

2020.06.08: Courtney from Explore posted an exciting update on the 2020 bear cam season on 6/8/2020.

A few of you have tagged me asking for an update, so let's do an update! Tech boots are on the ground starting 6/15. The plan is to upgrade the internet to a more stable setup. Hardware for the install is currently in Anchorage being transported to King Salmon this week.

Our techs should be able to send us some install photos, which we'll share here as we get them. Bear Cam 2020 for the win!

2020.06.09: Mike Fitz stopped in chat on 6/9/2020 to announce that he would be explore.org's Resident Naturalist again this year...and the crowd went wild!

"Good afternoon everyone. Bearcam season is fast approaching and I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be joining you once again this summer as explore.org's resident naturalist. There have been some major changes in my small world, including moving across the U.S. to northern Maine. Due to the pandemic, I won’t be traveling to Brooks River this July. However, along with Katmai National Park rangers Brooklyn and Naomi, we have dozens of live events in the works such as twice-weekly text chats, many play-by-plays broadcasts, and our classic live chats.

Work to secure the bearcam connection to the outside world will begin on June 15. The solar-powered battery system at Brooks Falls survived the winter, so technicians will be focusing their efforts on re-establishing the wireless connection between the webcams at the river and the radio towers on Dumpling Mountain. Hardware for the installation is currently in Anchorage and will be transported to King Salmon this week.

I’m looking forward to sharing the experience of watching bears and salmon with you. Bearcam is an important part of my life and I pledge to work especially hard to make the experience meaningful for you too. This summer, I’m particularly keen on watching how the hierarchy at the river sorts itself out. Last year, we saw 856 remain on top. But, he’s about 20 years old and has been the river’s most consistently dominant bear since 2011. That’s a long time to maintain the rank he does. If 856 remains healthy, I think he stands a good chance of remaining very dominant and taking advantage of the opportunity dominance affords like greater access to estrous females and fishing spots. Other large, dominant males like 603/68 may have other ideas though. What bearcam storylines are you looking forward to watching?"

Mike Fitz shared a July 4, 2019 photo of 856 (right) challenging 603/68 upstream of Brooks Falls on 6/9/2020.

After Mike Fitz made his announcement, Courtney stopped in chat. "Cat's out of the bag, Mike is hanging out with us this summer! Some photo updates from our tech for those who're interested in Bear Cam progress." Courtney shared photos (#1 and #2 ) of equipment being prepared and loaded for transport to Alaska from California.

2020.06.12: Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ranger Naomi and other Rangers and personnel have had to quarantine in King Salmon for 14 days. They then had to have a negative Covid-19 test before they could travel to Brooks Camp.

Ranger Naomi Boak stopped in chat on 6/12/2020."Hello Everyone! I'm at Brooks in the Visitor Center. It is a beautiful day, sunny and warm. The boat ride here was the fastest I've ever taken. No bears yet, but lots of voles and hares. My camera battery needs charging so all I have is my iPhone. Once I figure out how to transfer the pix I took on my phone, I will post them here."

2020.06.13: On 6/13/2020 Ranger Naomi Boak dropped by chat with an update and photos from Brooks Falls, photos #1, #2 and #3. "Hello from Brooks Camp! It is an incredibly gorgeous day so, of course, I headed to the falls. No bears, sorry to say, but I was there for three hours and it was just beautiful. Several eagles soared way up high for around 15 minutes. One juvenile perched atop the eagles' tree. Spectacular sight. Three mergansers were diving like crazy and hanging out on Backpack's rock. And I saw 2 fish try to jump the falls. Probably trout. I took a video so you could hear the sound of the falls, but the wifi is too slow for me to upload right now. I'm keeping my eyes open for bears. There is scat, but nothing really recent."

Permission to use her NPS photos posted on the bearcam comments

2020.06.14: Ranger Naomi Boak commented in chat on 6/14/2020 sharing photos (#1, #2, #3 and #4 ) of the Ranger's boat trip to Brooks Camp on 6/13/2020. Ranger Boak also stated that a sow with cubs and a very large boar were seen.

"Hey Bear Lovers. Decided to stop in to the Visitor Center again to post some pics. I apologize for not responding to each of your wonderful enthusiastic comments individually, but D is making it difficult for me. So here are some pics of our trip across Naknek Lake. Leaving Lake Camp, on the way and our arrival at Brooks. Also, the gorgeous juvenile eagle who is getting bigger and balder, perched atop what I call the Eagle Tree at the Falls. I haven't seen a bear yet, but two of the maintenance guys said they saw a sow with 3 very large cubs at Lake Brooks and at VR housing, where I live. That is either 273 with her yearlings or one of the 3 sows that hasn't emancipated her cubs yet. They also saw very large boar. Enjoy the pics.
Batteries were delivered by helicopter to the repeater on Dumpling yesterday afternoon. And for those of you long time bear cam fanatics, guess which piece of equipment is not working? I'll check back tomorrow for your answers."

2020.06.15: Ranger Naomi Boak stopped in chat on 6/15/2020 to provide 2 updates, #1 and #2.

Update #1: "Good Day, everyone. Another beautiful day at Brooks Camp. No pictures for you yet, but Ranger Tammy and I had visitors at our cabins yesterday evening. A sow with three 2 year olds! They were huge! No commitments on ID's yet, but what a great welcoming sight it was."

Update #2: "No more closed trail. It has completely washed away. The island is getting smaller, almost no tree left. And the big log at the falls has moved. More to come."

Ranger Naomi Boak had exciting news to share in chat on 6/15/2020. 719 has returned to Brooks Camp with her 2 yearlings. "Bingo Everyone! Our first bear photos of 2020. And you will be happy to know that it is....drum roll please...719 and two yearlings!!! (Confirmed by Ranger Tammy)." The family can be seen on the spit area, photos by Ranger Naomi Boak #1, #2, #3 and #4.

Ranger Naomi Boak announced in chat on 6/18/2020 that 94 was observed with her three 2.5 year old cubs on 6/15/2020. No photos were available. Will 94 Emancipate her cubs?

2016.06.16: Ranger Naomi Boak stopped in chat on 6/16/2020 with an update : "We have a very strong east wind. I don't think we will see any bears today. With so much wind, they can't smell what's out there, so it's like us moving around blind. They (cam techs) are still in King Salmon. Too windy for any of our boats today."

Kam shared a pencil and chalk drawing of 719 and her 2 yearlings on 6/16/2020. The drawing was inspired by Ranger Naomi Boak's 6/15/2020 photo (#3 photo posted above on 6/15/2020).

2020.06.16: Ranger Naomi Boak stopped in chat on 6/17/2020 and announced that both 402 with her three 2.5 year old cubs and 151 Walker had been seen and identified by Ranger Tammy.

"BREAKING NEWS from the Brook River Gazette -- Ace cub reporter Ranger Tammy was on evening duty by our cabins when she spotted bear 402 with her 3 - 2.5 year old cubs walking by. Shortly after that she saw a boar -- bear 151, Walker. Reportedly, he was huffing and agitated. Then 402 and cubs began to run and 151 pursued. That's the news from the Brooks River."

2020.06.17: More news came on 6/17/2020 from Ranger Naomi Boak. 273 was seen in camp with all 3 of her now yearling cubs. Ranger Naomi shared 2 photos, #1, 273 alone and #2, 1 of 273's 3 yearlings.

"Afternoon NEWS ALERT. Bear 273 was just seen with all 3 yearlings here in the middle of camp. She's a little skittish at this point, so I was not able to get pictures of her and all her cubs, but here is one picture of her and of one cub."

Explore Resident Naturalist Mike Fitz gave a Bearcam update on 6/17/2020 and shared 2 gifs, #1 and #2.

Bearcam Status Update, June 17, 2020:

Explore Resident Naturalist Mike Fitz's June 17, 2020 gif

"Technicians are on the ground in the King Salmon area and began working on the camera network earlier this week. The techs recently upgraded some of hardware and circuits in King Salmon, which will improve the stability of the network. Additionally, the solar-powered battery system at Brooks Falls survived the winter, so technicians will now be focusing their efforts on re-establishing the wireless connection between the webcams at the river and the radio towers on Dumpling Mountain. Thank you for your patience as we wait for more information.

Last week, I discussed one storyline I am interested in following. Today, I’m thinking about salmon. Specifically, when will the salmon arrive at Brooks River?

In late May and early June, tens of millions of sockeye salmon are spread across thousands of miles of the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Guided by instinct, they swim as much as 50 miles per day to reach their natal watersheds. The first sockeye typically enter freshwater within a few days of the summer solstice, and the run usually peaks during the first week of July. Afterward, it gradually declines to a trickle and usually stops in late July. About 80 percent of Bristol Bay’s sockeye run arrives within two weeks, a precise arrival window given the disparate places sockeye start from and the distances they must cover to return. It is a wave of salmon unlike any other on the planet."

Brooks lodge posted photos by Lodge employee Tristan Eames on 6/17/2020. In the 3 photos, a moose is seen walking under the lower river bridge,#1, #2 and #3. Awaiting permission to post the photos.

2020.06.18: Courtney from Explore stopped in chat on 6/18/2020 to give an update on upgrading equipment. Courtney shared 4 photos, #1, #2, #3 and #4.

"I'M ON A BOAT! Well I'm not, but the techs are. As promised, here are a few pics of upgrading the link to Dumpling, and some really helpful folks on a boat, without whom we would be missing out on bear cam."

128 Grazer returned to Brooks Camp on June 18, 2020 with her 2nd litter, 2 spring cubs. Her arrival is exactly 4 years to the day that she arrived at Brooks Camp with her 1st litter of 3 spring cubs. Ranger Naomi Boak announced 128 Grazer and her cubs arrival in chat on 6/18/2020 and shared photos, #1 and #2.

"BREAKING NEWS! 128 Grazer has returned with two spring cubs. Photos by Ranger Tammy."

2020.06.27: 812(?) returns to the Brooks River for the 2020 season; video by mckate.: