The Hidden Hierarchy That Rules Alaska’s Grizzly Bear Salmon Frenzy

Katmai National Park is home to one of the largest populations of grizzly bears in any United States national park. Each year ...
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A guide to Alaska’s Katmai National Park

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brown bear mother and cub rest in a meadow in Hallo Bay in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Hallo Bay’s salt marshes attact large ...
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This Remote National Park Is As Big As Yellowstone and Yosemite Combined—and It Has Some of the Best Bear Viewing in the World

Brian Adams/Travel + Leisure Brown bears in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots that both amateurs ...
Alaska Public Media

Katmai National Park moves to permit bear viewing for the first time

Proposed changes to Katmai National Park will affect how visitors navigate the grounds of the Brooks River Corridor, a popular spot for observing bears. The park wants to establish permits to allow ...
Alaska Public Media

Katmai National Park may be in for a big year as Brooks Camp opens at full capacity

The Brooks Camp at Katmai National Park and Preserve will operate at 100% capacity this season for the first time since the pandemic began. Tourists from around the world travel to Katmai in eastern ...
Detroit Free Press

Katmai National Park wants to ID fattest brown bear. How to choose during Fat Bear Week

Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The March Madness-style bracket competition pits some of Katmai National Park and Preserve's bulkiest and most beloved brown bears against ...
Dayton Daily News

Katmai National Park: A Timeline

The first humans arrive in the Brooks River area of Alaska, about 290 miles southwest of where Anchorage will grow. 1700s Russian explorers reaching the area find that the native Savonoski and Sugpiaq ...

U.S. National Parks Just Issued a Warning After Recent Tragedies—What Travelers Should Know

The National Parks Service (NPS) is warning travelers to be aware of bears as the weather turns warmer following several ...
Travel Weekly

Summer events celebrate 100 years of Katmai National Park

Centennial events at Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve are in full swing, with a speaker series, musical performances and cultural gatherings commemorating the anniversary throughout the ...
People

Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week Is Here: Meet the Big Alaskan Bears Prepping for Winter

Animal lovers can vote for their favorite chunky bear at Alaska's Katmai National Park until Oct. 5, after which Fat Bear Week's winner will be announced Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, ...
Mashable

The Fat Bear Week contenders are here, and they're all impressively fat

It's the happiest time of the year — Fat Bear Week! This year's event takes place from Sept. 23-30, and Mashable will be following all the ursine activity. Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown ...