Lily and Hope Together
August 15, 2010 – 8:14 PM CDT
Lily and Hope are together like nothing had happened. The neat thing about it was that Lily was actively searching for Hope. The reunion happened with Hope bawling and scent-trailing Lily, but along the way Lily also searched for Hope. They may separate from time to time as they did for the last two nights, but other cubs also get separated from their mothers. The fact that Lily searched for Hope makes us ever more confident they will be together for the long haul and den together in about a month and a half.
Corelyn has gotten 66 survey responses from teachers in 31 states and two provinces. This is a great start. We suspect more will come in when school starts and teachers are back in the grind. All aspects of the Education Outreach are going well.
Your voting in the Coca Cola Favorite Parks contest is unbelievable, with Bear Head Lake State Park now 334,000 votes in the lead.
Repercussions from the last time you got behind voting like that—making Ely the Coolest Small Town in America—are still bringing benefits to Ely. Budget Travel Magazine’s writer is in Ely right now gathering information for an article in the March Issue of the magazine. This article will include the bears.
Thank you for all you do.
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center