NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through KTVQ's website.
The first confirmed grizzly bear sighting of 2020 occured on Saturday in Yellowstone National Park. The bear was observed from the air by biologists during a radio telemetry flight near Grand Prismatic Spring. The park restricts certain visitor activities in locations where there is a high density of elk and bison carcasses and lots of bears. The National Park Service covers in their article, "Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively while feeding on carcasses." While firearms are allowed in the park, the discharge of a firearm by visitors is a violation of park regulations. Bear spray has proven effective in deterring bears defending cubs and food sources.
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