Bear sightings on the rise in Yosemite Valley, park staff warn

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Springtime is rapidly approaching and with that comes information - according to Yosemite National Park Rangers, the bears are waking, and they person been precise active.

Although bears are not existent hibernators and bash not spell into a heavy sleep, they often go much lazy and are little apt to research successful the wintertime owed to a deficiency of food. However, present that tourer play is upon america and effect and berries are re-emerging connected the trees and bushes, the bears are becoming much active.

Park unit accidental astatine slightest 2 achromatic bears person investigated campgrounds and picnic areas looking for nutrient successful caller weeks.

To assistance support the bears and visitors safe, parkland unit recommend:

• Respect their abstraction and support your distance.
• Make sound by yelling loudly to scare the carnivore away.
• Lock up nutrient (unopened bags and cans included) and immoderate different scented products successful a nutrient locker oregon wrong your edifice room.
• Always support nutrient wrong arm's scope and bash not litter.
• Drive with care, arsenic speeding kills bears.

Visitors who spot a carnivore oregon a carnivore incidental are asked to telephone the Save-A-Bear Hotline astatine 209-372-0322 oregon email yose_bear_mgmt@nps.gov.