SUMMER CAMP HAINES ALASKA 2010: BEARS

Bob sent home a stick with pictures on it. Most of them were bear pictures. He got some really good ones and it is hard to pick the best ones. The two sows that are around most every day are Clueless and BMJ. Clueless is the collared and tagged bear from last year. The Fish and Game Biologists believe that she is about 6 years old and this may be her first set of cubs. BMJ is believed to be about 20 years old and has had many cubs. She has 3 this year. Both are very good mothers. You will see in the pictures how they are teaching their cubs to catch fish and also how to swim. The bears do not hold still and pose for pictures so we do the best we can taking the pictures and cropping them………

Clueless with her cubs by the fish weir

Isn't he cute!!! Both cubs that belong to Clueless have white on their neck/chest area.

And, one of her cubs is bigger than the other one.

And, they are always ready to play!

This is the problem! The fish weir is just to the left. The bears fish here and bring their fish out on the road to eat. You are not allowed to walk through this area or stop when driving through. You must stay beyond that sign on the left where the people are standing.....unless you have a State Parks coat on! Bob's job is to keep the people away from the bears. The job description should say "people monitor" instead of a "bear monitor". This looks like it was a light day for traffic!