Post by grrraaahhh on Nov 12, 2013 20:42:32 GMT -9
I wanted the following thread is to highlight the efforts of conservationist activists:
I'm not sure if there has been any prior Grizzly Bay. Org posts made in this forum but in any case I wanted to start a CONSERVATION ACTIVISTS thread and figured to post a story from their website. The reader can read more about John & Jessica's work in Katmai National Park from on their website. Back to the feature story, some of you might recognize the following Katmai brown bear named "King"...
"We met King on our first camping trip to Katmai this summer. We had taken a trail from camp through the backside of the meadows and spotted off in the distance a group of five or six bears congregated together. The bright green grass of the meadows was snaked with deep, yet narrow, river channels opening up to the larger rivers closer to the beach. King was stomping after a female, following her like a stalker, and all the other bears were scattering in his wake. Seeing his massive size, the smaller and sub-adult males went running for the hills! King, however, didn’t seem interested in anybody but the gorgeous, fluffy caramel colored female he was doggedly pursuing. Ignoring his presence and going about her business, she ambled through the sedge grass calmly. She walked, paused to yank up some grass and chew, then walked some more. King was following her the whole way, five to ten steps behind her. Since they were walking in our direction, we sat down at the edge of the sedge meadow and waited for them to walk closer."
LINK: www.grizzlybay.org/KING%20Directory/King%20Page%201/JournalPageKing1.htm
I'm not sure if there has been any prior Grizzly Bay. Org posts made in this forum but in any case I wanted to start a CONSERVATION ACTIVISTS thread and figured to post a story from their website. The reader can read more about John & Jessica's work in Katmai National Park from on their website. Back to the feature story, some of you might recognize the following Katmai brown bear named "King"...
"We met King on our first camping trip to Katmai this summer. We had taken a trail from camp through the backside of the meadows and spotted off in the distance a group of five or six bears congregated together. The bright green grass of the meadows was snaked with deep, yet narrow, river channels opening up to the larger rivers closer to the beach. King was stomping after a female, following her like a stalker, and all the other bears were scattering in his wake. Seeing his massive size, the smaller and sub-adult males went running for the hills! King, however, didn’t seem interested in anybody but the gorgeous, fluffy caramel colored female he was doggedly pursuing. Ignoring his presence and going about her business, she ambled through the sedge grass calmly. She walked, paused to yank up some grass and chew, then walked some more. King was following her the whole way, five to ten steps behind her. Since they were walking in our direction, we sat down at the edge of the sedge meadow and waited for them to walk closer."
LINK: www.grizzlybay.org/KING%20Directory/King%20Page%201/JournalPageKing1.htm