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July 28, 2006
Alaska Grizzly Bears, McNeil River Falls - Wildcam Grizzlies - National Geographic Magazine
If you want to see Grizzlies then this is the site for you. National Geographic has set up a webcam to view the grizzlies while they hunt for fish. You see the bears fishing, hear the roar of the river all without leaving the house. This is what the website has to say:
Watch the world's largest gathering of brown bears—via live webcam—as they splat, swipe, and splash to fish for salmon on the run. View our Video Gallery. Blog with bear experts. Browse our Photo Album, and more. It's all here for you to discover. Welcome to Bear Country!
Why McNeil River Falls?
While some people differentiate among coastal brown bears, grizzly bears, and the bears on the Kodiak archipelago, we are using grizzlies and brown bears interchangeably.
It happens every summer. On any given day from late June to early August, as many as 50 brown bears may converge on Alaska’s McNeil River Falls. There they feed on the abundance of salmon running through its tumbling currents along the McNeil River. And during the season, small groups of people quietly observe them, striking what may be the perfect balance between wildlife and humans.
That formula has worked at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary since the mid-1970s, when the Alaska Department of Fish and Game—with protection of the bears in mind—began limiting viewing access at McNeil River Falls and nearby Mikfik Creek to ten people per day, selected by lottery. But why is this wilderness so special?
Read more about the bears at McNeil River Falls.
Posted by d-nadler at July 28, 2006 04:18 PM