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Bear Spray: This small can can have a big impact

“She was coming at me, and her mouth was open, and I was able to get my bear spray out of the holster. And I shot it from the ground,…

Toads that smell like peanuts studied on the BTNF

It’s the BTNF’s mammals—moose, grizzly and black bears, pronghorn, elk—that get most of the attention, but a University of Wyoming doctoral student in ecology has spent part of this summer…

The Four Ws: Wildlife

The BTNF is special for as many different reasons as users who enjoy it. But there are Four Ws—Water (and snow), Wildlife, Wildlands, and Ways of Life—that make it truly…

A Bear that Transcended Boundaries: 399 and the BTNF

When You Have to Eat All Day – Hyperphagia

Late summer is when bears enter hyperphagia, a state in which they’re constantly in search of food and are more likely to come into human-occupied areas. You can help prevent…