Can we collar Hope?
June 26, 2010 – 9:50 PM CDT
Once again Hope keeps us waiting. We have the radio-collar and some enticing food to keep her occupied. Now we sit… waiting… again. We hope to get her collared tonight because rain is predicted for tomorrow. The rain will make her nervous and the collaring more difficult. Here’s hoping!
Today, Lily moved farther outside her territory than ever before—a full 7.5 miles away from Hope. We suspect she is with a male. However, she’s in such a remote roadless area that we have not been able to get to her to verify. Because we can’t reach her we have not been able to change her GPS unit and the last reading we received was just before 5 PM.
This evening Juliet made a dramatic move south to the area of her territory where Lily was yesterday. The wind was coming from the south and we suspect Juliet caught Lily’s lingering scent and moved to investigate. Drama in the bear world!
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—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, North American Bear Center