The good news today was that the legislature sided with us on the DNR’s bill to ban hand-feeding. A big thank you to all the legislators involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ZdoRo_lu0
If anyone was waiting to see how the legislation went before signing up for a Black Bear Field Course, we have 4 slots 
open and may be able to accommodate a few more if those are filled and you sign up on the waiting lists http://www.bearstudy.org/website/field-study-courses.html
Braveheart and the two yearlings with her had fun today. Geneva and Porter were intrigued by a hammock, as black bears often are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUP2kdpF7M
The tame gull was late coming today—not until late afternoon. I wondered why it was standing on one leg, then saw the injured leg that it can barely touch to the ground. I’m going to give it all the spam, etc., it wants and hope it heals. It looks bad at this point. I don’t know how an injury like this would happen, perhaps a big fish like a northern pike? I hope the gull survives.
We got good coverage on KBJR Channel 6 and KDLH Channel 3 today out of Duluth http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com's story on the Bear Center. A slight error in the reporting was that our renovation cost three and a half million. That number is actually the cost of the entire facility. It was a nice piece, showing Lucky and Holly and some of the interior. Thank you to everyone involved.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center