Lily and family are looking good. Cute Faith (left) with her beautiful face is looking more and more like a big bear every day. Hope’s face is like a twin to Faith’s, and she (left below) and Lily (right) are shed out and looking sleek as they begin to grow their winter coat. At this point, the fur lies close to the body, making them look as small as they can be. In a few weeks, the underfur will grow in, making the growing guard hairs (the long visible hairs) stand straight out. By then, the guard hairs will be 3 to 4 inches long. When that happens, there are no reports of small bears. They all look big and twice their actual weight.
It was good to see Lily and family. We saw them as they were returning to Lily’s territory after exploring an area they had not been before. From their GPS locations, it looks like they ran into Ursula and her two cubs in Ursula’s territory, which may be why they skedaddled back to safety.
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—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center