Grizzlies observed out of hibernation in Yellowstone

The first grizzly bear sighting of 2018 is in the books for Yellowstone. Staff at the park witnessed a male griz emerge on Tuesday, March 6. The bear was an 11-year-old wearing a radio collar in the west-central part of the park. Park employees also reported seeing another bear a day later in the east-central part of Yellowstone. Is that early or late for grizzlies to be emerging from their dens? Actually, it’s about right on time. Male grizzlies are almost always the first out of the den. They will begin to come out of hibernation in mid-to-late March. Females with cubs emerge later, in April to early May...more