One cub's eyes are opening!A couple members of our Den Watch team excitedly claimed a cub's eyes were beginning to open. A review of the archives proved they were correct. We confirmed eyeshine with blinking eyes. This is surprisingly early for these cubs who are not even a month old yet! Way to go guys!
Holly's DenThe WolfTrack Classic 2014 Sled Dog 10-Dog Race starts tomorrow at 9:00 AM Sunday, February 23rd in Ely and will finish in Cook, MN later that evening. The WRI is loaning the research bears' GPS spot units to the racers. Click this GPS Tracking for WolfTrack link to follow along tomorrow. Once the race starts you will see GPS check-in points. Until then it will say there is "No Message to Display". Visit WolfTrack Classic Race Website for the schedule of all of the day's events.
Ted, Lucky, Honey and Holly are all under a blanket of 14" of snow after the storm and Honey is looking out to a wall of snow in her window den! All the bears are doing well.
 Ted's Den |
 Honey's Den |
 Lucky's Den |
The hearing starts Monday and is open to the public. It runs 9 to 5 on February 24-28 and then resumes March 3-5 after the weekend. It is in the Skjestad Room on the second floor of the Office of Administrative Hearings at 600 North Robert Street in St Paul, MN.
Thank you for all you do.
—WRI Staff
All photos taken today unless otherwise noted.